The mechanisms that associate community social capital with post-disaster mental health: A multilevel model

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1715-1720

  Wind, Tim R ^a,b   Komproe, Ivan H ^a,c  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Research ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disaster; Mental health; Multilevel modeling; Social capital; U.K.

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; FLOOD; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISASTERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FLOODS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865657836     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.032     Document Type: Article

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