Mediating effects of intrapersonal and social support on mental health 1 and 3 years after a natural disaster

✍ Scribed by Shirley A. Murphy

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 853 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490010204

✦ Synopsis

Knowledge regarding social support has increased expotentially in the last decade; however, it remains unclear how support prevents or relieves stress and whether pemons experiencing different kinds of stress need different kinds of support. This paper explores these issues. First, some of the stressful encounters reported by disaster victims are identified. Next, alternative schools of thought regarding how social support is conceptualized and measured is discussed. Finally, a longitudinal disaster study conducted by the author in which two rival hypotheses (self-efficacy and social support) were tested in mediating the relationship between stress and health i s reported. Recommendations for future study are suggested in light of current methodological issues and study .findings.