THE SPOUSAL LOSS EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN AFTER THE SOMA MINE DISASTER: AN INTERPRETIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

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2022-9

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Demirok, İpek

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The Soma mine disaster in 2014 was the deadliest industrial accident in Turkish mining history. The present study aimed to examine the experiences of women who lost their spouses in this disaster, considering their grief processes and the changes in their lives after the losses. Seventeen women whose ages ranged between 21 and 47 participated in this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant. The transcribed interviews were analyzed by using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Nine superordinate themes were emerged from the analysis. These themes were as follows: 1) Perception of the event; 2) meaning-making of the event; 3) psychological consequences; 4) changes after loss; 5) experiences of spousal loss as a woman; 6) coping with the loss; 7) being a miner family 8) search for justice; 9) psychosocial Support. The researcher discussed the study findings with the existing literature on bereavement and grief. Further, the researcher outlined the study's implications for psychosocial services and clinical interventions. Finally, limitations and future directions were discussed.

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The Soma Mine Disaster, Spousal loss, Grief, Widowhood, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

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İ. Demirok, “THE SPOUSAL LOSS EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN AFTER THE SOMA MINE DISASTER: AN INTERPRETIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2022.