Living through a volcanic eruption: Understanding the experience of survivors as a phenomenological existential phenomenon.

Warsini, S; Mills, J; West, C; Usher, K

Living through a volcanic eruption: Understanding the experience of survivors as a phenomenological existential phenomenon.

Warsini, S Mills, J West, C Usher, K

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Int J Ment Health Nurs, 2016, 25, (3), pp. 206-213
Issue Date:: 2016-06

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dc.contributor.author	Warsini, S
dc.contributor.author	Mills, J
dc.contributor.author	West, C
dc.contributor.author	Usher, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-5003
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-17T19:17:52Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-17
dc.date.available	2022-08-17T19:17:52Z
dc.date.issued	2016-06
dc.identifier.citation	Int J Ment Health Nurs, 2016, 25, (3), pp. 206-213
dc.identifier.issn	1445-8330
dc.identifier.issn	1447-0349
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/160424
dc.description.abstract	Mount Merapi in Indonesia is the most active volcano in the world with its 4-6-year eruption cycle. The mountain and surrounding areas are populated by hundreds of thousands of people who live near the volcano despite the danger posed to their wellbeing. The aim of this study was to explore the lived experience of people who survived the most recent eruption of Mount Merapi, which took place in 2010. Investigators conducted interviews with 20 participants to generate textual data that were coded and themed. Three themes linked to the phenomenological existential experience (temporality and relationality) of living through a volcanic eruption emerged from the data. These themes were: connectivity, disconnection and reconnection. Results indicate that the close relationship individuals have with Mount Merapi and others in their neighbourhood outweighs the risk of living in the shadow of an active volcano. This is the first study to analyze the phenomenological existential elements of living through a volcanic eruption.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	WILEY
dc.relation.ispartof	Int J Ment Health Nurs
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/inm.12212
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1110 Nursing, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Nursing
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Aged, 80 and over
dc.subject.mesh	Disasters
dc.subject.mesh	Existentialism
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Indonesia
dc.subject.mesh	Interviews as Topic
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Survivors
dc.subject.mesh	Volcanic Eruptions
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Existentialism
dc.subject.mesh	Disasters
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Aged, 80 and over
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Survivors
dc.subject.mesh	Indonesia
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Interviews as Topic
dc.subject.mesh	Volcanic Eruptions
dc.title	Living through a volcanic eruption: Understanding the experience of survivors as a phenomenological existential phenomenon.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	25
utslib.location.activity	Australia
utslib.for	1110 Nursing
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
utslib.for	1701 Psychology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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dc.date.updated	2022-08-17T19:17:51Z
pubs.issue	3
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utslib.citation.issue	3

Abstract:

Mount Merapi in Indonesia is the most active volcano in the world with its 4-6-year eruption cycle. The mountain and surrounding areas are populated by hundreds of thousands of people who live near the volcano despite the danger posed to their wellbeing. The aim of this study was to explore the lived experience of people who survived the most recent eruption of Mount Merapi, which took place in 2010. Investigators conducted interviews with 20 participants to generate textual data that were coded and themed. Three themes linked to the phenomenological existential experience (temporality and relationality) of living through a volcanic eruption emerged from the data. These themes were: connectivity, disconnection and reconnection. Results indicate that the close relationship individuals have with Mount Merapi and others in their neighbourhood outweighs the risk of living in the shadow of an active volcano. This is the first study to analyze the phenomenological existential elements of living through a volcanic eruption.

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