Families and Disasters: Making Meaning out of Adversity

Garrison, M. E. Betsy; Sasser, Diane D.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0393-8_6

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“…Household resilience was seen relatively independently, with most respondents able to access essential supplies including food and water, but claiming that they did not have access to medication or first aid, which is an issue requiring investigation. This correlates with work by authors such as Hurlbert, Haines, and Beggs (), and Garrison and Sasser (), who emphasise the importance of family as first responders and ongoing assistance providers in a disaster situation. Nevertheless, based on this study, the authors of this paper argue that in the case of disaster, while each individual needs to achieve resilience, they also require very good social cohesion to recover as part of a community, not just individually.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

“…This correlates with work by authors such as Hurlbert, Haines, and Beggs (2000), and Garrison and Sasser (2009), who emphasise the importance of family as first responders and ongoing assistance providers in a disaster situation. Nevertheless, based on this study, the authors of this paper argue that in the case of disaster, while each individual needs to achieve resilience, they also require very good social cohesion to recover as part of a community, not just individually.…”

Section: Some Of the Literature On Community Disaster Resilience Pro-supporting

confidence: 74%

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The association between social cohesion and community disaster resilience: A cross‐sectional study

Ludin

Rohaizat

Arbon

2018

Health Soc Care Community

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A cross‐sectional study design was created, using the Index of Perceived Community Resilience (IPCR) and Buckner's Index of Cohesion (BIC) to survey 386 flood evacuees from six communities in Kelantan, Malaysia, in 2015. The respondents were mostly female (54.7%); lived in basic housing (95.6%); average income (55.9%); secondary level schooling (81.1%); not involved with community organisations (95.1%), volunteering activities (91.2%), or emergency teams (96.9%); inexperience with injury during flooding (94%); experienced the emergency disaster (61.6%); and their mean age was 49 years old. Overall, respondents scored a high level of community disaster resilience (CDR) (mean 3.9) and social cohesion (mean 3.79). Also, respondents’ housing type, event of injury during disaster, volunteering in post‐disaster activities, and emergency team participation were significantly associated with CDR (p = 0.001–0.002), organisational involvement (p = 0.016), and emergency disaster experience (p = 0.028) were significantly associated with social cohesion. The Pearson correlation coefficient results mostly showing a moderate, weak, and one with a strong relationship. There is a strong relationship between community participation (CDR) in events and BIC variables (r = 0.529, p = 0.001). Other analysis shows a moderate but significant relationship with BIC; is open to ideas (r = 0.332, p = 0.001); community has similar values/ideas (r = 0.421, p = 0.001); sense of pride (r = 0.389, p = 0.001); strong leadership (r = 0.339, p = 0.001); positive change (r = 0.484, p = 0.001); and able to handle problems (r = 0.454, p = 0.001). Overall, the results show that respondents had high levels of CDR and social cohesion, while the demographic characteristics show the impact of CDR and social cohesion. In conclusion, the data gives original insight into the level of association between social cohesion and disaster resilience, which could be used as a building block in sustainable disaster recovery. There is a need to explore this further on programmes designed to improve social cohesion across communities.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Section: Some Of the Literature On Community Disaster Resilience Pro-supporting

confidence: 74%

The association between social cohesion and community disaster resilience: A cross‐sectional study

Ludin

Rohaizat

Arbon

2018

Health Soc Care Community

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“…An important source of bonding social capital is the family. Family characteristics such as the degree to which family members share comparable views on the importance of preparedness and relationships between gender role and preparedness activities (Armaş et al, ; Cottrell, ; Garrison & Sasser, ; Kirschenbaum, ) influence levels of preparedness. Cottrell discussed how family conflict regarding the need for or benefit of preparing can reduce the likelihood of family support for preparedness in the home.…”

Section: Preparedness Theoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disaster risk reduction: Psychological perspectives on preparedness

Paton

2019

Australian Journal of Psychology

108

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Facilitating people's ability to anticipate, prepare for and recover from disaster is an important component of the UNISDR strategy for disaster risk reduction. Following a discussion of the functional characteristics of preparedness, this paper first discusses how hazard characteristics and psychological constructs influence people's ability to anticipate uncertain future events. It then reviews how psychological theories (Health Belief Model, Protection Motivation Theory, PrE Theory, Theory of Planned Behaviour, Critical Awareness Theory, Social Marketing, Protective Action Decision Model, Social Capital, Community Engagement Theory and Social Identity Theory) can inform understanding of preparedness for likely and current hazard events. Discussion then then turns to applying concepts and theories to understanding preparedness for current disasters. The all‐hazards and cross‐cultural applicability of preparedness theory is discussed, as are a need for a critical appraisal of preparedness, its predictors, and the nature and development of the preparedness process and its application in facilitating effective intervention strategies.

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“…In a longitudinal qualitative study of 29 families in Louisiana who had survived Hurricane Katrina, 38 % of the respondents made sense of the storm by referencing "God" or "the Lord" (Garrison & Sasser, 2009). For example, one 25-year-old man explained, "I believe He (referring to God) has his reason and it is not for us to understand, it is for us to accept" (p. 120).…”

Section: Positive Patterns Of Religious and Spiritual Copingmentioning

confidence: 99%