Soutien social et santé psychologique de victimes d'inondations

Social support, coping and psychological health after a flood Two years after serious flooding, a study was conducted involving 177 disaster victims. This article presents the results of analyses aiming to identify the principal factors associated with post-disaster psychological problems by examining mediating or moderating influences of social support and adjustment strategies in the stressor-health link. The results show, within the variables studied, that there are very few significant differences between men and women; however, women did receive more help for evacuation, cleaning, and rebuilding. The results also demonstrate that exposure to the stressor is the greatest contributor in explaining manifestations of post-traumatic stress, while variables like social support and adjustment strategies are more likely to explain the existence of depression symptoms and psychological stress. The analyses also allow conclusions to be drawn about mediating and moderating effects of adjustment strategies in the stressor-health link. In other respects, the observed effects involving social support variables are direct.