SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF DISASTER RECOVERY

本申请的目的是扩展我们对飓风的研究 安德鲁，这是由NIMH迅速拨款发起的。资金来源 寻求(A)对快速样本进行后续访谈， 有目的的样本编号为400；和(B)同时进行访谈 有两个大小相当的概率样本，其中一个来自 受灾地区和一个没有。这项研究的目的是关注 社会文化因素对灾后社区生活的影响。 假设1是灾难最初动员支持：支持 由快速样本在紧随其后的2个月间隔内收到 飓风将超过同一样本接收到的飓风或通过以下任一样本接收到的飓风 在可比的时间间隔2年内的两个标准样本 后来。局外人将是灾难最独一无二的依靠来源 受害者，尽管从绝对值来看，亲属的支持可能是最频繁的。 假设2是灾难随后会耗尽社会支持：在6岁 几个月后，快速样本将报告更多的社会混乱和更少的 感知到的支持将比未受打击的标准样本更好。受害者 得到最少支持的人会最深刻地感受到这种枯竭。 假设3是社会支持最终会恢复：在2岁 年，快速样本将报告较少的干扰和更多的感知 在6个月内提供比相同样本更多的支持，并且不会报告更多或 比规范样本更少的干扰和支持。 快速抽样是为了让黑人、拉丁裔和白人都是 同等代表权。假设4是会有差别的 对这些民族的社会影响：少数族裔受访者将 获得更少的支持，感受到更少的支持，体验更多的社交 前6个月的中断将比大多数情况下暴露的更多 受访者。类似地，假设5是存在差异的 跨种族的心理影响：特定灾难的影响 在6个月时观察到的症状，如受伤或丢失等应激源将 在少数族裔受访者中的支持率比在多数受访者中更高。 假设6是不同种族之间会有不同的复苏 群体：困境中的种族差异将变得更多而不是更少 随着时间的推移而发音。这些差异将从以下几个方面进行解释 经济优势，寻求帮助的舒适感，适应文化的压力，以及 特定于文化的价值观和信仰(集体主义、宿命主义、 唯心论)。

The purpose of this application is to extend our research on Hurricane Andrew, which was initiated by means of a RAPID grant from NIMH. Funding is sought for (a) conducting follow-up interviews with the RAPID sample, a purposive sample numbering 400, and (b)conducting concurrent interviews with two probability samples of comparable size, one drawn from the stricken area and one not. The research aims concern the influence of social and cultural factors on postdisaster community life. Hypothesis 1 is that disasters initially mobilize support: The support received by the RAPID sample over a 2-month interval immediately following the hurricane will exceed that received by the same sample or by either of the two normative samples over a comparable interval of time 2 years later. Outsiders will be the source most uniquely relied upon by disaster victims, although kin support may be most frequent in absolute terms. Hypothesis 2 is that disasters subsequently deplete social support: At 6 months, the RAPID sample will report more social disruption and less perceived support than will an unstricken normative sample. Victims who received the least support will perceive this depletion most profoundly. Hypothesis 3 is that social support will eventually be restored: At 2 years, the RAPID sample will report less disruption and more perceived support than the same sample at 6 months and will report neither more nor less disruption and support than the normative samples. The RAPID sample was drawn so that Blacks, Latinos, and Whites were all equally represented. Hypothesis 4 is that there will be differential social impact across these ethnic groups: Minority respondents will receive less support, perceive less support, and experience more social disruption over the first 6 months than will comparably exposed majority respondents. Similarly, Hypothesis 5 is that there will be differential psychological impact across ethnic groups: Effects of specific disaster stressors, such as injury or loss, on symptoms observed at 6 months will be stronger among minority respondents than among majority respondents. Hypothesis 6 is that there will be differential recovery across ethnic groups: Ethnic differences in distress will become more rather than less pronounced over time. These differences will be explained in terms of economic advantage, help-seeking comfort, acculturative stress, and culture-specific values and beliefs (collectivism, fatalism, spiritualism).