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Download full textFleming, India; Baum, Andrew – 1986
Historically, most investigations of the social and psychological effects of disaster have focused on describing the impact of single traumatic events rather than on developing an understanding of how disasters or particular characteristics of disasters affect various groups of victims. This study investigated the hypothesis that stress caused by…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Environmental Influences, Helplessness, Natural Disasters
