Depressive symptoms in the aftermath of major disaster: Empirical test of the social support deterioration model using natural experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We examined the extent to which the post-disaster deterioration of social support and social capital mediates the associations between disaster-related experiences and depressive symptoms among survivors to test the social support deterioration model.

Methods

We used unique natural experiment data (n = 3567) stemming from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The follow-up survey was conducted 2.5 years after the disaster. We examined associations between changes in depressive symptoms, disaster-related experiences (loss of loved ones, changes in household income, loss of job, drop in subjective economic status, and home loss), and post-disaster deterioration of four different types of social support (i.e., kin emotional, kin instrumental, non-kin emotion

SUBMITTER: Shiba K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9555822 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature