Ambiguous loss and search for loved ones after the 2023 Türkiye earthquake: A socio-political perspective.

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Death Studies Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI:10.1080/07481187.2025.2559722

Merve Deniz Pak Güre, Meliha Funda Afyonoğlu

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Abstract

This study explores the socio-political grounding of ambiguous loss through newspaper reports on individuals searching for relatives after the 2023 Türkiye earthquake. Data comprises 505 news articles analyzed via deductive thematic analysis iln MAXQDA 2024. Three themes emerged: "socio-political context of the determination of the experience of ambiguous loss", "Search strategies in a socio-political context", and "Legal endings and demands". Findings reveal that ambiguous loss and related emotions, often seen as psychological, are shaped by institutional relationships with hospitals and police, highlighting their socio-political nature. Similarly, legal systems play a central role in defining "missing persons" and regulating access to legal mechanisms. The demands for DNA matching, research commissions, and rubble searches emphasize institutional intervention's necessity. Recommendations include developing measures for disaster-related missing persons, creating community-based interventions, and providing psychosocial support addressing disaster experiences and ambiguous loss.

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2023年日本地震后对亲人的模糊损失和寻找：社会政治视角。

本研究通过报纸对2023年日本地震后寻找亲人的个人的报道，探讨了模棱两可的损失的社会政治基础。数据包括505篇新闻文章，通过MAXQDA 2024中的演绎主题分析进行分析。三个主题出现了：“确定模糊损失经验的社会政治背景”，“社会政治背景下的搜索策略”和“法律结局和要求”。调查结果显示，模棱两可的损失和相关情绪，通常被视为心理上的，是由与医院和警察的机构关系塑造的，突出了它们的社会政治性质。同样，法律制度在界定“失踪人员”和规范利用法律机制方面发挥核心作用。对DNA匹配、研究委员会和废墟搜索的需求强调了机构干预的必要性。建议包括制定与灾害有关的失踪人员的措施，建立基于社区的干预措施，以及提供针对灾害经历和不明损失的社会心理支持。

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Death Studies Multiple-

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8.30

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7.90%

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期刊介绍： Now published ten times each year, this acclaimed journal provides refereed papers on significant research, scholarship, and practical approaches in the fast growing areas of bereavement and loss, grief therapy, death attitudes, suicide, and death education. It provides an international interdisciplinary forum in which a variety of professionals share results of research and practice, with the aim of better understanding the human encounter with death and assisting those who work with the dying and their families.