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Title: Experiencing death and grief at the border: a sociocultural psychological analysis of activists' struggles at the European and Central-American border.
Authors: De Vincenzo, Ciro, Zamperini, Adriano, Tronchin, Elisabetta Beatrice, Testoni, Ines
Source: Mental Health, Religion & Culture. Oct2024, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p803-821. 19p.
Subjects: Empathy, Death, Social justice, Qualitative research, Mental health, Statistical sampling, Interviewing, Psychological adaptation, Psychology & religion, Emotions, Descriptive statistics, Human rights, Thematic analysis, Research, Psychological stress, Theory of knowledge, Spirituality, Migrant labor, Research methodology, Grief, Data analysis software, Humanitarianism, Political participation, Psychosocial factors
Geographic Terms: Central America, Europe
Abstract: Dramatic consequences related to borders, such as migrants' deaths, disappearances and human rights violations, have increased since the 1990s. Several migration policies contribute to border violence, leading to traumatic mental health effects on migrants, their families and activists. The literature has overlooked the psychological, cultural and religious/spiritual experience of activists sharing the burden of migrants and their families' grief and struggles. To explore the experiences of activists while in the act, the research adopted a sociocultural approach and conducted twenty-five semi-structured interviews with border activists. The qualitative thematic analysis revealed five themes, encompassing how activists dynamically make sense of their experiences: rehumanising vocation; endless feelings; empathic-epistemic experiential ambivalence; personal coping strategies and liberation transformative actions. These themes offer a transitional model, progressing from acknowledging States' responsibilities to developing transnational, cross-cultural and inter-faith forms of human solidarity. Finally, this model fuels ethically inspired community struggles towards social equality, justice and transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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