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After the fire

An ecological, phenomenological exploration of resilience‐building following the Fuego volcanic eruption in Guatemala

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ID11055045
AuthorsJeremy Oldfield (0000-0002-7518-118X, Department of Psychology Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester UK, corresponding author), Andrew Stevenson (0000-0001-5923-4627, Department of Psychology Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester UK)
Year2024
Volume74
Issue1-2
Pages86-99
Publication date2024-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajcp.12748
PMID38461376
OpenAlexW4392633511
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited48

Combining ecological resilience theory with a phenomenological epistemology, we explored experiential, social, and cultural factors mediating resilience‐building with participants from a village destroyed by the 2018 Fuego volcanic eruption in Guatemala. The purpose of the study is to find out what strategies displaced families and communities employ for living through the aftermath of a volcano eruption and for building psychological resilience. We conducted semistructured interviews with nine survivors of the Fuego eruption, now relocated and coping with the loss of community and family members killed in the disaster. Interpretive phenomenological analysis was used to analyze transcripts. The analysis produced four main themes: (i) individual and collective challenges , (ii) social support and protection , (iii) faith and culturally endorsed belief , and (iv) looking to the future . As well as learning more about how a community faced challenges presented by a volcano eruption, the current study has a degree of transferability, with implications for understanding how other communities experience and cope with such events

Community resilience · Coping (psychology) · Experiential learning · Faith · Geography · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Pedagogy · Phenomenology (philosophy) · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Volcano · Anthropology · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Ecology · Geology · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology

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