Bakhtiar Molkari; Nader Karmian; Kioumars Farahbakhsh; Masoumeh Esmaili
Volume 4, Issue 13 , February 2014, , Pages 107-120
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to analyze emotional and familial situations of injured victims of the chemical air attack on city of Sardasht. The study employed a qualitative (interpretive) design and the statistical population included all injured victims of Sardasht chemical air attack. The sample ...
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The aim of the present study was to analyze emotional and familial situations of injured victims of the chemical air attack on city of Sardasht. The study employed a qualitative (interpretive) design and the statistical population included all injured victims of Sardasht chemical air attack. The sample consisted of 15 men and 15 women, chosen through convenient sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used for examining the sample population’s emotional and familial situation. Data were analyzed using categorizing and coding. Results suggested that the following complaints were common among the majority of the population: inability in communicating with others, inability in expressing emotions, changes in mood, humiliation, irritability, horrible nightmares, emotional dependence, lack of close relationships among family members, family fights, dissatisfaction with spouse, dissatisfaction with one’s parental role, and failed relationships with one’s children. The study suggests that the chemical air attack has widely incurred numerous emotional and familial problems on the injured victims, who are in urgent need of supportive interventions offered by people and the government.
