Refika Sariönder Kreinath
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Item Using the community psychology competencies to address sexual assault on a college campus(Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice (GJCCP), 2017-03) Clifford, Daniel; Freund, Nicole M.; Douglas, Jasmine A.; Siwierka, Julia; Turosak, Anna; Lewis, Rhonda K.; Drum, Jessica; Ojeda-Leitner, Deborah; Sariönder, Refika; Chinnes, Anna C.; Keller, PaigeSexual assault on college campuses is a national issue, with a recent report from the White House estimating that 20% of women will experience a sexual assault during college. Students at Wichita State University formed a campus organization to bring visibility to both community psychology and address this important problem. The Community Psychology Association is comprised of both graduate and undergraduate students, and members utilized three community psychology competencies: ecological perspectives, information dissemination/building public awareness, and community organizing and community advocacy in their work to improve resources and campus support for this issue. Community Psychology Association members utilized focus groups with campus students, faculty, and staff to facilitate discussions on sexual assault, campus safety, and university and administrative accountability. Content analysis revealed multiple themes that were used to generate a larger campus discussion and promote change in campus policies. As a result of these activities, major changes occurred at Wichita State, including data driven programming for interventions regarding sexual assault, changes in leadership in the offices of Title IX and Student Affairs, support for a CDC grant, and overall increased organizational awareness for sexual assault survivors. This study highlights the importance of applying community psychology principles and concepts to research and action to ultimately have a positive and tangible impact on the local community.Item Frauen und Re-Islamisierung in der Türkei und in Indonesien – Ein Vergleich(transcript Verlag, 1999) Kreinath Sariönder, RefikaIn verschiedenen Regionen der Welt sind seit einigen Jahren Re-islamisierungsprozesse zu beobachten. Diese sind charakterisiert durch Identitätspolitiken im Kontext der Globalisierung. Ein Kernbestandteil dieser Identitätspolitiken ist der Frauenaspekt. Macht man ihn zum Gegenstand eines Vergleichs, so treten die spezifischen lokalen Ausprägungen deutlich hervor und führen die Unhaltbarkeit von Generalisierungen, wie »die« islamische Identität, »die« Muslimin und »der« Islam vor Augen. Vielmehr bilden sich, wie die Gegenüberstellung von der Türkei und Indonesien deutlich zeigt, unterschiedliche islamische Frauenbilder im Zusammenhang mit jeweils lokalen historischen und staatspolitischen Entwicklungen aus.Item Secondary and vicarious traumatization among domestic violence shelter staff(Wichita State University, 2019-05) Kreinath Sariönder, Refika ; Burdsal, Charles A.Workers of domestic violence shelters belong to professionals who regularly encounter crisis situations and hear trauma stories that can lead to indirect traumatization. Secondary trauma can influence professionals as if they are experiencing the trauma of their clients, and hence lead to symptoms that resemble post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Figley, 1995a). Vicarious trauma describes the long-term effects of working with traumatized clients that can change helpers? cognitive schemas and imagery system of memory (McCann & Pearlman, 1990). Through conducting a case study with the staff members of a domestic violence shelter, the current study sought to explore to what extent the helpers are influenced by secondary and vicarious trauma. A further point of interest in this study was to examine the self-care and coping strategies utilized by the staff members to deal with the work stress. Fifteen staff members participated in the qualitatively designed research that, besides individual interviews, also included a questionnaire to measure secondary traumatic stress and compassion satisfaction. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the interviews from which three broad themes emerged, including work in the area of domestic violence, strengths and challenges of the workplace culture, and self-care and coping strategies. According to the scores of the survey, none of the participants showed high level of secondary traumatic stress while their level of compassion satisfaction was either average or high. The thematic analysis implied that participants have possible changes in their cognitive schemas as suggested by the construct of vicarious traumatization. This study suggests that the self-care and coping strategies employed by participants in and outside of the workplace help to decrease and prevent the stress of working with traumatized clients.Item Dynamics of ritual reflexivity in the Alevi Cem of Istanbul(Berghahn Journals, 2018-09-01) Kreinath, Jens, 1967-; Kreinath Sariönder, RefikaThe Alevi cem is a communal ritual that is performed weekly among members of a major religious minority in Turkey. Although formerly celebrated exclusively in rural village communities, this ritual became publicly accessible at the end of the 1980s when Alevi cultural associations were opened in the urban centers of Turkey. Since it was made public, the cem has undergone significant changes in the internal dynamics of its performance and in the formal design of its liturgy. By addressing multiple audiences in its urban milieu, the performance of the cem reveals moments of ritual reflexivity. Based on ethnographic research at a cultural association in Istanbul, this article focuses on a cem performance that led to ruptures and mishaps in the presentation of some ritual acts. We analyze the ritual leader's response to these incidents and the theoretical implications of this account for the study of ritual reflexivity.Item Book review: Faithfully urban: pious Muslims in a German city(University of Chicago Press, 2017-02) Sariönder Kreinath, RefikaIn Faithfully Urban, Petra Kuppinger explores the rich possibilities of urban ethnography by way of studying Muslim participation in the production of everyday culture. Her ethnography shows how Islam in Stuttgart has become a German religion and counters the public opinion that immigrants, especially Muslims, are not willing to participate in “German culture” by demonstrating how Muslims are playing an important role in negotiating and shaping various multicultural and multiethnic urban settings, including their contributions to public localities and the public sphere. This work gives some unique insights into ethnographic vignettes of urban spaces in the German city of Stuttgart by depicting local people and their diverse experiences of Muslim practices.