Disaster Research Literature Review
The Relationship Between Physical and Mental Health Outcomes in Children Exposed to Disasters
This review discusses how disaster exposure affects the physical and mental health of children, highlighting risk and protective factors. Studies show that disasters can impact …
Why Family Communication Matters: The Role of Co-Rumination and Topic Avoidance in Understanding Post-Disaster Mental Health
This article explores how family communication affects mental health after natural disasters. It describes a study of 485 parent-child pairs in Texas after severe floods. …
School and Community Influences on the Long Term Post-Disaster Recovery of Children and Youth Following Hurricane Georges
2013
· University of California, Santa Barbara,
· Hankuk University of Foreign Studies,
· University of Puerto Rico
This article explores how schools and communities affect children's mental health recovery after Hurricane Georges in Puerto Rico (1998). It describes a study with 1,637 …