Many those professionals witnessed disaster community from devastation in the beginning to the deep, blue sea and mulberry fields, from accompanying people with pain to regain their own life. Based on our model, we can see the dynamic process of those disaster relief worker’s personal transformation from existential shattering to existential integrity. Existential learning plays a pivotal function which regulate from suffering to personal growth.
Working in disaster settings as an existential concussions, and most of their inner peace, identity, view of the word, and belief were concussed, shaken, and even shattered. Those experiences usually leads to negative transformation of participants who usually experienced existential shattering as …show more content…
Based on our research, we found existential learning as a pivotal mediator make them armed with inner resilience, professional identity, and spiritual growth by acceptance, being authentic and insight in times of crisis. Being mindful of here and now had been propose by Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programmer which can enhance awareness and acceptance of conscious states and teach people to approach daily situations "mindfully" (Bishop, 2002). Researches had shown its positive effects on decreasing stress, anxiety and burnout in different populations (Meibert, Michalak, & Heidenreich, 2011; Serpa, Taylor, & Tillisch, 2014; Simpson & Mapel, 2011), as well as enhancing their self-efficacy and resilience (Caldwell, Harrison, Adams, Quin, & Greeson, 2010; Chang et al., 2004). Besides, Research showed cultivating the awareness of acceptance which can allow both patient and health care providers to face illness, pain, and allowing thoughts to come and go without struggling with them (Akerblom, Perrin, Rivano Fischer, & McCracken, 2015; Niles et al., 2014). Acceptance as an important treatment process and as a Mediator for Change, which leading to increased psychological flexibility and resilience (Cederberg, Cernvall, Dahl, von Essen, & Ljungman, 2015; Hesser, Westin, & Andersson,
Working in disaster settings as an existential concussions, and most of their inner peace, identity, view of the word, and belief were concussed, shaken, and even shattered. Those experiences usually leads to negative transformation of participants who usually experienced existential shattering as …show more content…
Based on our research, we found existential learning as a pivotal mediator make them armed with inner resilience, professional identity, and spiritual growth by acceptance, being authentic and insight in times of crisis. Being mindful of here and now had been propose by Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programmer which can enhance awareness and acceptance of conscious states and teach people to approach daily situations "mindfully" (Bishop, 2002). Researches had shown its positive effects on decreasing stress, anxiety and burnout in different populations (Meibert, Michalak, & Heidenreich, 2011; Serpa, Taylor, & Tillisch, 2014; Simpson & Mapel, 2011), as well as enhancing their self-efficacy and resilience (Caldwell, Harrison, Adams, Quin, & Greeson, 2010; Chang et al., 2004). Besides, Research showed cultivating the awareness of acceptance which can allow both patient and health care providers to face illness, pain, and allowing thoughts to come and go without struggling with them (Akerblom, Perrin, Rivano Fischer, & McCracken, 2015; Niles et al., 2014). Acceptance as an important treatment process and as a Mediator for Change, which leading to increased psychological flexibility and resilience (Cederberg, Cernvall, Dahl, von Essen, & Ljungman, 2015; Hesser, Westin, & Andersson,