Submission Purpose
Main Conference
Type of Proposal
Roundtable
Abstract
How do disaster survivors make sense of their lives? Drawing on three studies, we use the concepts of extended and relational self to understand how disaster survivors reconstruct their identities.
Keywords
natural disasters, survivors, identity
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Brooks, A.,
Martin, M.,
&
Holcomb, M.
(2018).
Rebuilding Identity After a Natural or Human Generated Disaster.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2018/roundtables/8
Rebuilding Identity After a Natural or Human Generated Disaster
How do disaster survivors make sense of their lives? Drawing on three studies, we use the concepts of extended and relational self to understand how disaster survivors reconstruct their identities.