Cultural Psychology of Coping with Disasters: The Case of an Earthquake in Java, Indonesia

Part I Theoretical Overview and Synthesis.- Understanding Disasters: An Analysis and Overview of the Field of Disaster Research and Management.- Understandings of Coping: A Critical Review of Coping Theories for Disaster Contexts.- A Cultural Psychological Framework for Coping with Disasters.- Part II Context, Method, and Reflexive Commentaries on the Case Study.- Contextualizing the Research: Introduction to the Case Study from Java, Indonesia.- Methodological Basis of a Culture-Specific Coping Approach.- Research Ethics: Between Formal Norms and Intentions.- Reflections of an Earthquake Survivor-Researcher.- Reflexive Comments on the Process of Participatory Research.- Part III Multidimensional Coping Framework.- The Material Dimension of Coping: Socioculturally Mediated Biophysical Process.- The Social Dimension of Coping: Communal Negotiations of Social Benefits and Burdens.- The Life Conduct Dimension of Coping: Local Wisdom Discourses and Related Life Orientations.- The Religious Dimension of Coping: The Roles of Cosmologies and Religious Practices.- Part IV Specific Aspects of Coping.- Suffering, Healing and the Discourse of Trauma.- Disaster Aid Distribution and Social Conflicts.- Facing the Future: Villagers' Visions of Resilience.- Critical Perspectives on Gender Mainstreaming in Disaster Contexts.- Part V Conclusion.- Concluding Remarks.