The residents of Town A have been taking shelter in various parts of Japan ever since the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The staff members carry out their tasks in seven locations across the country under a great stress with the limited manpower. This study reports the present situation of the stress management for the disaster recovery support staff helping the evacuees living outside the prefecture. The subjects were the 19 members. The T-scores were calculated from Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) by assessing their CISS before the mental health seminars commenced. There was a significant positive correlation between ‘task-oriented coping’ and ‘avoidance-oriented coping’ as well as ‘task-oriented coping’ and ‘amusement’. Between the genders, the male subjects expressed a significantly higher ‘amusement’ value.
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