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A Qualitative Study Exploring Re-Entering Cross-Cultural Missionary Aid Workers' Loss and Grief

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ID13628690
AutoresSusan Selby (The University of Adelaide, autor de correspondencia), Nicole Moulding (0000-0003-0212-5483, University of South Australia), Sheila Clark (The University of Adelaide), Alison Jones (0000-0002-1105-6195, Royal Australasian College of Physicians), Annette Braunack-Mayer (0000-0003-4427-0224, The University of Adelaide), James Beilby (0000-0002-0815-9783, The University of Adelaide), Justin Beilby (The University of Adelaide)
Año2009
Volumen59
Número1
Páginas19-38
Fecha de publicación2009-05-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/om.59.1.b
PMID19634504
OpenAlexW2005580780
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas27

Over 200 Australian, American, and British Non-Government Organizations send aid workers overseas including missionaries. On re-entry, they may suffer psychological distress; however, there is little research about their psychosocial issues and management in the family practice setting. Research suggests loss and grief as a suitable paradigm for family practitioners dealing with psychosocial issues. The aim of this study was to explore loss and grief issues for adult Australian missionary cross-cultural aid workers during their re-entry adjustment. Mixed methods were used and this study reports the qualitative method: semi-structured interviews conducted with 15 participants. Results were analyzed using framework analysis. Themes of re-entry loss and grief were identified with sub-themes of multiple varied losses, mechanisms of loss, loss of control, common grief phenomena, disenfranchised grief, and reactivation of past grief. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed. Findings of this study suggest that loss and grief is an appropriate paradigm for the management of these workers in the family practice setting. Further research is needed to enable appropriate care

Disenfranchised grief · Distress · Grief · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Traumatic grief · Child Welfare and Adoption · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Psychology