The Family and Community Context of Individual Reactions to Disaster
| Author(s) | Dynes, Russell R. | |
| Author(s) | Quarantelli, E. L. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2005-03-01 | |
| Date Available | 2005-03-01 | |
| Publication Date | 1973-08 | |
| Description | Disaster events by their very nature are not everyday occurrences. For most people therefore, the experiential dimension concerning disaster behavior tends to be mediated through others, generally through the mass media. Mass media accounts generally emphasize stories of individual trauma is often used as the primary measure of newsworthiness: the greater the trauma, the greater the newsworthiness. Consequently, the “experiences” that most persons have with disaster effects are those which focused on individual trauma. Such reportage, in addition, often implies a causal sequence somewhat as follows: 1. disaster agents create effects which produce extensive individual disorganization. 2. aggregate individual disorganization, in turn, creates family disorganization. 3. aggregate family disorganization creates community disorganization. | en |
| Sponsor | Center for Studies of Mental Health and Social Problems, Applied Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health. | en |
| Extent | 348044 bytes | |
| MIME type | application/pdf | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/400 | |
| Language | en_US | |
| Publisher | Disaster Research Center | en |
| Part of Series | Preliminary Papers;10 | |
| Keywords | family | |
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords | individual reactions | |
| Keywords | community | |
| Keywords | disaster agents | |
| Title | The Family and Community Context of Individual Reactions to Disaster | en |
| Type | Other | en |