"We can help ourselves": does community resilience buffer against the negative impact of flooding on mental health?
- Empirical evidence of the relationship between social support and post-disaster mental health provides support for a general beneficial effect of social support (main-effect model; Wheaton, 1985). From a theoretical perspective, a buffering effect of social support on the negative relationship between disaster-related stress and mental health also seems plausible (stress-buffering model; Wheaton, 1985). Previous studies, however, (a) have paid less attention to the buffering effect of social support and (b) have mainly relied on interpersonal support (but not collective-level support such as community resilience) when investigating this issue. This previous work might have underestimated the effect of support on post-disaster mental health. Building on a sample of residents in Germany recently affected by flooding (N = 118), we show that community resilience to flooding (but not general interpersonal social support) buffered against the negative effects of flooding on post-disaster mental health. The results support theEmpirical evidence of the relationship between social support and post-disaster mental health provides support for a general beneficial effect of social support (main-effect model; Wheaton, 1985). From a theoretical perspective, a buffering effect of social support on the negative relationship between disaster-related stress and mental health also seems plausible (stress-buffering model; Wheaton, 1985). Previous studies, however, (a) have paid less attention to the buffering effect of social support and (b) have mainly relied on interpersonal support (but not collective-level support such as community resilience) when investigating this issue. This previous work might have underestimated the effect of support on post-disaster mental health. Building on a sample of residents in Germany recently affected by flooding (N = 118), we show that community resilience to flooding (but not general interpersonal social support) buffered against the negative effects of flooding on post-disaster mental health. The results support the stress-buffering model and call for a more detailed look at the relationship between support and resilience and post-disaster adjustment, including collective-level variables.…
Verfasserangaben: | Torsten MassonORCiDGND, Sebastian BambergORCiDGND, Michael StrickerORCiD, Anna HeidenreichORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2371-2019 |
ISSN: | 1561-8633 |
ISSN: | 1684-9981 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Natural hazards and earth system sciences |
Verlag: | Copernicus |
Verlagsort: | Göttingen |
Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 30.10.2019 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 23.10.2020 |
Band: | 19 |
Ausgabe: | 11 |
Seitenanzahl: | 14 |
Erste Seite: | 2371 |
Letzte Seite: | 2384 |
Fördernde Institution: | Open Access Publication Fund of the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences; Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [414001623] |
Organisationseinheiten: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Geowissenschaften |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Publikationsweg: | Open Access |
Open Access / Gold Open-Access | |
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