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- Title
Impacts of Sense of Community and Satisfaction with Governmental Recovery on Psychological Status of the Wenchuan Earthquake Survivors.
- Authors
Huang, Yunong; Wong, Hung
- Abstract
This research examined the impacts of sense of community and satisfaction with governmental recovery on life satisfaction and depression of the Wenchuan earthquake survivors. A total of 304 valid questionnaires were collected. Bivariate analysis indicated that both sense of community and satisfaction with governmental recovery were correlated significantly with both life satisfaction and depression. Regression analyses showed that the variables of sense of community and satisfaction with governmental recovery were only associated significantly with life satisfaction, controlling socio-demographic and other variables. The research highlighted the importance to examine both positive and negative aspects of psychological status of disaster survivors and to include the factors related to community and social policies in examining their psychological status. Limitation and direction of future studies were address. The implications of the research were discussed in China's social and political contexts.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of disaster victims; COMMUNITY attitudes; EARTHQUAKES &; society; QUALITY of life; FEDERAL aid to natural disasters; EARTHQUAKES; WENCHUAN Earthquake, China, 2008; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Social Indicators Research, 2014, Vol 117, Issue 2, p421
- ISSN
0303-8300
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11205-013-0354-3