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A Dual Route in Explaining Health Outcomes in Natural Disaster 1
Author(s) -
Tremblay Maxime A.,
Blanchard Céline M.,
Pelletier Luc G.,
Vallerand Robert J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00069.x
Subject(s) - vitality , psychology , perception , social psychology , dual (grammatical number) , life satisfaction , natural disaster , mental health , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , art , philosophy , theology , literature , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics , physics , meteorology
Human beings seem to be resilient and have a great capacity to overcome adverse circumstances. One apparent variable that may predict people's emotional and physical health after a trauma is their general level of psychological well‐being (McMillen, Smith, & Fisher, 1997). The current study explores the role of subjective vitality and the perception of stress as mediators between general life satisfaction and post‐trauma physiological and psychological health related to the Canadian 1998 Ice Storm. Results of this dual route indicate that satisfaction with life positively predicted subjective vitality and negatively predicted perceived stress. In turn, subjective vitality lead to lower levels of ill‐health, whereas perception of stress lead to higher levels of physical symptoms and depression.