Dispositional Optimism and Disaster Resilience: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Gero, Krisztina; Aida, Jun; Shirai, Kokoro; Kondo, Katsunori; Kawachi, Ichiro

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113777

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“…As we moved through the pandemic, participants expressed optimism about resuming life before the pandemic. The observed optimism had characteristics of "dispositional optimism", which is defined as optimism that good events will occur in the future [28] Dispositional optimism can prevent mental and physical health challenges after experiencing a disaster [28]. During the pandemic, the government's and healthcare providers' messages were constantly related to resuming normal life after the development and rollout of the vaccine.…”

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Living through the Pandemic with a Disability: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

et al. 2023

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This study investigated the experiences of people with disabilities during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Four semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted individually with 13 participants between May 2020 and February 2021. The data were thematically analyzed. Three themes were identified: (1) “Being an active agent in changing how things are done in the face of COVID restrictions”, revealed changes that participants made to their daily routines resulting from government-imposed and self-imposed restrictions; (2) “Pandemic restrictions wreak havoc”, explained participants challenges with adapting to the restrictions; and (3) “Trying to be resilient in the face of pandemic changes” described participants’ efforts to cope with life during the pandemic. The findings illustrate how life changed for people with disabilities during the pandemic. Participants reported specific types of challenges at each time point. As the vaccine rollout became more imminent, participants expressed more hope for the future and getting back to normal.

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Living through the Pandemic with a Disability: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

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“…The study reported that depression was associated with mortality during 3.3 years of follow‐up among older disaster survivors, 56 and mental illness symptoms persisted for more than 5 years among half of the disaster survivors, although the community‐wide prevalence of depression remained stable 57 . The study also suggested associations between mental health conditions of the affected community and adverse childhood experiences, 58 living conditions, 59 employment, 60 group exercises or regular walking, 61 optimism, 62 social capital, 63 social interaction, 64 and social support 65,66 …”

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Lessons learned from psychosocial support and mental health surveys during the 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake: Establishing evidence‐based disaster psychiatry

Kunii

Usukura

Otsuka

et al. 2022

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Post‐disaster mental health and psychosocial support have drawn attention in Japan after the 1995 Great Hanshin‐Awaji Earthquake, with mental health care centers for the affected communities being organized. After the catastrophe, a reconstruction budget was allocated to organize mental health care centers to provide psychosocial support for communities affected by the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake, the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. There were several major improvements in post‐disaster mental health measures after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team system was organized after the earthquake to orchestrate disaster response related to the psychiatric health system and mental health of the affected communities. Special mental health care efforts were drawn to the communities affected by the nuclear power plant accident through Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high yield Explosives, being succeeded by measures against the coronavirus pandemic. As another new movement after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the number of surveys involving communities affected by disasters has soared. More than 10 times the number of scientific publications were made in English during the decade following the Great East Japan Earthquake, compared with the previous decades. In this review, we examined the results and issues acquired in the 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, proposing evidence‐based disaster psychiatry as the direction of future mental health measures related to emergency preparedness and response.

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A longitudinal investigation of mental health outcomes after the Henan floods in China: Examining predictors of resilience trajectories

Liu,

Bao,

Wang

et al. 2024

PsyCh Journal

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A heavy rainstorm struck Henan, China, in July 2021. Previous studies have indicated that natural disasters have a wide range of psychological sequelae, but little research has been done on the psychological effects of floods specifically. This study aimed to track the mental health trajectories of flood victims over time and identify associated protective and risk factors. People living in the areas most impacted by the flood (N = 376) were surveyed at four different time points: 3 weeks, 1 month, 2 months, and 3 months post‐flood. Latent growth mixture modeling was utilized to delineate longitudinal patterns of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator logistic regression, a supervised machine‐learning approach, was employed to discern predictors among 49 assessed variables at both contextual and personal levels. Results revealed three classes of PTSD (resilience, recovery, moderate symptoms) and anxiety (resilience, chronicity, recovery) trajectories, along with two classes of depression trajectories (resilience, chronicity). Key factors predicting resilience in mental health included personality traits, media consumption habits, pre‐existing health conditions at the individual level, and asset loss and ongoing adversities at the contextual level. In spite of the widespread impact of the flood, most victims displayed resilience in the face of adversity. Identifying critical factors across various psychological symptoms offers valuable insights for both pre‐disaster preparation and post‐disaster trans‐diagnostic psychological interventions.

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Dispositional Optimism and Disaster Resilience: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Cited by 10 publications

References 39 publications

Living through the Pandemic with a Disability: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

Living through the Pandemic with a Disability: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

Lessons learned from psychosocial support and mental health surveys during the 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake: Establishing evidence‐based disaster psychiatry

A longitudinal investigation of mental health outcomes after the Henan floods in China: Examining predictors of resilience trajectories

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