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- Ahmadi, Fereshteh, 1958-, et al.
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Religion, Culture and Meaning-Making Coping : A Study Among Cancer Patients in Turkey
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Ingår i: Journal of religion and health. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0022-4197 .- 1573-6571. ; 58:4, s. 1115-1124
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present paper looks at the influence of culture on Turkish cancer patients’ use of meaning-making coping, paying particular attention to religious, spiritual, and existential coping methods. Data were collected using an interview study (n = 25, 18 women, age range 20–71). Individuals were recruited at an oncology center and a psychiatry clinic in Istanbul. The main focus of the study has been on existential meaning-making coping, which is characterized by finding power inside oneself, altruism, family love, a search for meaning by contemplating philosophical issues, and having a positive life perspective (shukran—thankfulness). In contrast to findings from similar studies conducted in other countries (studies included in the same project), in Turkey religious belief directly determines the coping methods used, including the non-religious methods.
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- Ahmadi, Nader, 1959-, et al.
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Religious meaning-making coping in Turkey : a study among cancer patients
- 2016
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Ingår i: Illness, crisis and loss. - : Sage Publications. - 1054-1373 .- 1552-6968. ; , s. 1-19
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of the present project has been to carry out international studies on meaning-making coping among people who have been affected by cancer in a number of societies and, thereby, to try to understand the influence of culture on use of these coping methods. Five countries — Sweden, South Korea, China, Japan, and Turkey — are included in the project. Qualitative semistructured interviews have been conducted with persons with a cancer diagnosis. The research group in each country has used, as a foundation, the interview questions developed for the Swedish study. These questions were, however, modified to better suite the sociocultural context of each participating country. The results presented here concern only Turkey and are restricted to religious coping methods. The study consists of 25 cancer patients (18 females and 7 males) between 20 and 71 years of age. The results of the study in Turkey indicated that the RCOPE (Religious Coping) methods are highly relevant for the interviewees. A sociological analysis of the study made from a cultural perspective showed clearly the importance of the idea of being tolerant ( Sabr ) for patients when coping with the psychological problems brought about by cancer. The study made it clear that culture plays an essential role in the choice of coping methods.
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- Barthoma, Soner, et al.
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Introduction
- 2021
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Ingår i: RESPONDing to Migration. - Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. - 9789151312507 ; , s. 1-14
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This volume takes up the challenge of providing a comparative understanding of migration regimes and practices and their consequences for political systems and the people who have fled their homelands due to conflict, war and poverty between 2011 and 2020. Empirically, the chapters included in this volume are based on the research conducted in 11 countries (Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Germany, the UK and Sweden) within the framework of the Horizon 2020 RESPOND project (2017–2021), funded by the European Commission.
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- Brandell, Inga, et al.
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Introduction
- 2015
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Ingår i: Borders and the Changing Boundaries of Knowledge. - Istanbul : Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. - 9789197881333
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- Dudas, Victor, 1987-
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Exploring the identity of a group of Assyrian/Syriac young adolescents in Sweden : A mixed-methods study within the discipline of Psychology of Religion and the research field of Identity Development
- 2020
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overall aim of this study was to explore the identity of a group of Assyrian/Syriac young adolescents (N=74; age: 9-15 yrs.) at two schools in Södertälje, Sweden. Being a sequential mixed-methods study, a quantitative phase preceded a qualitative phase. The following research questions guided the study: In what ways do a group of Assyrian/Syriac young adolescents in Sweden develop their identity? The current study is deductive, applying the theory of identity development and the bio-ecological model. The quantitative phase consisted of questionnaires that were distributed to informants where the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments (U-MICS) (the domains of education, best friends and religious faith) and items that inquired about identifications, attitudes toward languages, teachers, and classmates. The qualitative phased used semi-structured interviews with a focus on the experiences of the informants regarding their schools, religion and languages that were used in particular situations. The informants provided scores in all three domains of the U-MICS that indicated strong commitments and in-depth exploration and weak reconsideration of commitments. Teachers at the schools had the potential to affect the quality of education in a positive or negative way. This could result in an influence on the commitments and reconsideration of commitments in the education domain where, depending on the quality of education, the processes could consequently either be strengthened or weakened. Religion was ascribed an importance by the informants and their families. The formation cycle of identity in the religious faith domain was not as strong as the maintenance cycle among the informants. I suggested this as there were several consequences related to the process of reconsidering one’s current commitments. These consequences meant that the informants risked differentiating themselves from the family. The informant navigated several social identities by assigning and being assigned similarities and differences to other groups they interacted with. Social identity as an Assyrian/Syriac is, first and foremost, tied to belonging to a family, and secondly to the Assyrian/Syriac group. The connection between family and the Assyrian/Syriac group runs through religion and language.
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- Nahlbom, Yukako, 1970-
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Existential meaning-making in the midst of meaninglessness and suffering : Studying the function of religion and religious organizations in the reconstruction and development of existential meaning and psychosocial well-being after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami
- 2018
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overall aim of this qualitative study was to explore the function of religion and volunteer workers in religious organizations in contributing to the reconstruction and development of existential meaning and psychosocial well-being regarding the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. This study was undertaken from the psychology of religion and approached by focusing on experiences of volunteer workers in different religious organizations who worked in the disaster-affected areas. Empirical data were collected via 27 semi-structured interviews, and the collected data were analyzed using a template analysis style (Malterud, 1998). The theoretical perspectives primarily used in the study were: the existential meaning and existential meaning-making framework developed mainly by DeMarinis (2003, 2008) and a culturally- adapted version (DeMarinis, 2013) of the Adaptation and Development after Persecution and Trauma (ADAPT) model (Silove et al., 2006). In addition, Marsella’s (2005) perspective on culture and Kleinman’s culturally sensitive perspective on health and well-being further developed by DeMarinis (2003) were employed to analyze the data in relation to the Japanese cultural context. In the results of the study, the five key domains from the ADAPT model were identified as existential and psychosocial resources available for survivors and volunteer workers from the religious organizations. The results indicated that these psychosocial domains interacted with each other, and especially with the domain of existential meaning and meaning-making. The existential domain played an important role in psychosocial well-being for both survivors and volunteer workers from the different religious organizations. The results also showed that the most significant function of volunteer workers in religious organizations was to deal with the survivors’ disrupted existential system by engaging in kokoro no kea 心のケア [mental health care or care for the heart] by using religious symbols and rituals, and thereby contributing to the reconstruction and development of the disrupted and lost existential meaning of survivors in the damaged areas. de
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