Typhoon survivors' subjective wellbeing-A different view of responses to natural disaster.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Subjective well-being was evaluated three weeks after Super Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines. Based on the Conservation of Resources theory, which focuses on the role of resources in understanding adjustment following trauma, data was collected on lost resources. In line with the Conservation of Resources theory, four categories of resources were defined: objects-residential property; condition-gender health state and witness to injury; personal-coping strategies; energy-relationships.

Design and settings

Eight hundred thirty-four people from the Philippines filled out self-report measures using an online interview system regarding: socio demographics data, subjective well-being, using the Delighted Terrible Faces Scale (DTS), disaster related experiences, cop

SUBMITTER: Hamama-Raz Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5587279 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature