Disaster resilience in a Hakka community in Taiwan

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 55-65

  Jang, Li ju ^a   Wang, Jieh jiuh ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Disaster resilience; Preparedness; Social support networks; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149376793     PISSN: 18344909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/prp.3.2.55     Document Type: Article

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