"Social support in Kermanshah earthquake" Based on the lived experience of the female-headed households

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

Shayesteh Karamkhani ¹ , Alieh Shekarbeygi ²

1 - Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Center
2 - Assistant proof

Received: 2020-11-02 Accepted : 2020-12-19 Published : 2007-12-22

Keywords: “social support”, “empowerment”, “lived experience”, ”female-headed households”, “earthquake disaster”,

Abstract :

Social support is one of the important components of empowerment to solve the problems of the female-headed households in different life situations. the female-headed households are one of the socially vulnerable groups in natural disasters and how they deal with them has a lot to do with the components of empowerment. The aim of this study was to describe the experience of the female-headed households in social support in earthquakes.The methodology of qualitative research is the method of contextual theory. Data were collected by field method through theoretical sampling and in-depth interviews with 15 the female-headed households in the eight earthquake-stricken areas of Kermanshah to the extent of theoretical saturation. In this study, in order to measure accuracy, the criterion of "reliability and reliability" and the technique of "triangulation" were used. From data analysis, 987 primary open source, 150 secondary concepts, 41 central categories and 8 final major categories including: "transient and cross-sectional", "personal supporters", "instrumental use", "hard life events", "loneliness" And fear "," feeling of abandonment and pessimism "," injustice and discrimination "," feeling of helplessness "and the central concept of" social support; perceived priority of life "were extracted. The results show" social support "as" priority ". "Perceived life" is interpreted by the participants, which if ignored, will have irreparable consequences. Have a great impact on their ability to deal with natural disasters.