This study examined the mediating effects of social support on the association between
disaster distress and mental health outcomes. We analyzed the data of 1006 participants …

There is ample evidence that social support is protective against posttraumatic stress (PTS)
symptoms through social causation processes. It is also likely that PTS is associated with …

Objective: In this study, we examined the influence of pre-disaster perceived social support
on post-disaster psychological distress among survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Method …

ObjectiveWe examined the association between disaster exposure, community support, and
mental health outcomes in urban and nonurban participants of Galveston and Chambers …

Social support buffers the negative impact of stressful events. Less, however, is known about
the characteristics of this association in the context of disaster and findings have been …

Abstract Knowledge regarding social support has increased expotentially in the last decade;
however, it remains unclear how support prevents or relieves stress and whether persons …

A previous study of Hurricane Katrina survivors found that higher levels of predisaster social
support were associated with lower psychological distress one year after the storm, and that …

The current study used structural equation modeling to examine the role of disaster
resilience as a mediator between disaster exposure and post-traumatic stress and …

The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of social capital on mental health
among the Japanese population with or without natural disaster experience. A nationwide …

Social support is a known protective factor against the negative psychological impact of
natural disasters. Most past research has examined how the effects of exposure to traumatic …