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BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL-SPIRITUAL NEEDS The similarities between the findings of this research and that of the related

literature concluded that the surviving families’ biopsychosocial-spiritual needs were almost, if not all, similar, emphasizing on the social and economic aspect needs. The comparison proves that various needs of these families to survive and enjoy life became harder to fulfill to a point that some of the families were barely able to provide their basic necessities such as their daily food. The losses of these families due to EJK were further aggravated by the struggle to fulfill their biopsychosocial-spiritual needs. These needs are interrelated with the grieving, coping, and recovery experiences of the affected surviving families.

Although there are no significant differences between this research and other

related studies, there are few gaps that were identified. Most of the research related to the experiences of EJK surviving families mainly focuses on the financial and economic aspects. These aspects are certainly immediate concerns for the affected families; however, other aspects such as the psychological and spiritual aspects should be of the same level of concern as these are connected and contributing to the wellbeing of them. Some studies were not able to capture the essence of the experience of the surviving families, hence failure to give justice to the stories they tell. These will hugely impact the course of campaigning and lobbying of various human rights advocates as most of the identified needs mainly focus on financial impacts of the incident to the surviving families and less on psychological and spiritual impacts.

The gaps identified provide a better context on the priorities of a usual middle to

lower-income generating Filipino household and what are their immediate needs after losing their family members who are mostly the breadwinners or providers of these families. However, in addition to these, it is important to consider that although this takes a huge portion of their worries and needs - their biological, psychological, and spiritual needs after the incident should be treated with the same importance as these all affect holistic well-being of the affected surviving families and their journey on grieving, coping, and recovery.

GRIEVING-HINDERING It is important to note that factors such as lack of body wellness, inability to express emotions, feeling revengeful, experiencing stigma and discrimination, financial instability, security issues, and others were the issues that the affected families

struggle to overcome. The elements mentioned above were the identified primary hindrances for them to properly grieve. These are all important to note as the grieving phase is crucial and not being able to properly express and process the thoughts and emotions that they are experiencing may result in unresolved issues and traumas.