Browsing by Author "Riad, Jasmin K."
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Item Disaster Resistant Communities Initiative: Evaluation Of The Pilot Phase. Year 2(2000) Nigg, Joanne M.; Riad, Jasmin K.; Wachtendorf, Tricia; Tierney, Kathleen J.Item Disaster Resistant Communities Initiative: Focus Group Analysis(2000) Wachtendorf, Tricia; Riad, Jasmin K.; Tierney, Kathleen J.Item Executive Summary. Disaster Resistant Communities Initiative: Evaluation Of The Pilot Phase. Year 1(1998) Nigg, Joanne M.; Riad, Jasmin K.; Wachtendorf, Tricia; Tweedy, Angela; Reshaur, LisaItem Hurricane Threat and Evacuation Intentions: An Analysis of Risk Perception, Preparedness, Social Influence, and Resources(Disaster Research Center, 1998) Riad, Jasmin K.; Norris, Frank H.The goal of this study was to test a model in which the decision to evacuate is a function of four processes (risk perception, preparedness, social influence, and economic resources). Participants were interviewed by telephone both while they were under a hurricane warning and after the threat had disappeared (pre-post sample). Because all respondents had been participants in an earlier panel study, pre-threat data were also available. The pre-post sample of 95 panelists was older than the nonrespondent sample of 54 panelists who could not be reached by phone during the warning period but was otherwise comparable. The results indicated that higher risk perception and the belief that one is influenced by others are the strongest predictors of intentions to evacuate. Furthermore, risk perception was shown to mediate the influences of many background variables (e.g., experiences, demographics) on evacuation intentions. Post-event comparisons between the pre-post group and a reactivity control group of 66 panelists suggested that the warning period interview did not increase anxiety but may have influenced reactive preparedness.Item Stability and Change in Stress, Resources, and Psychological Distress Following Natural Disaster: Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Hurricane Andrew(Disaster Research Center, 1999) Norris, Frank H.; Perilla, J.L.; Riad, Jasmin K.; Kaniasty, K.; Lavizzo, E.The stress, resource, and symptom levels of 241 residents of southern Dade County, Florida were assessed 6 and 30 months after Hurricane Andrew. Percentages meeting study criteria for depression and PTSD did not change over time. Whereas mean levels of intrusion and arousal decreased, depressive symptoms remained stable, and avoidance/numbing symptoms actually increased. Intrusion and arousal were associated more strongly with pre-disaster factors (gender. ethnicity) and within-disaster factors (injury, property loss) than with post-disaster factors (stress, resources), but the reverse was true for depression and avoidance. Changes over time in symptoms were largely explained by changes over time in stress and resources. The study implies that ongoing services are needed to supplement the crisis-oriented assistance typically offered to disaster victims.