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Disaster awareness and coping: Impact on stress, anxiety, and depression
Author(s) -
Lee Eunmi,
Lee Haeyoung
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12351
Subject(s) - anxiety , coping (psychology) , psychology , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Purpose This study examines disaster awareness and coping among college students to identify their influence on stress, anxiety, and depression. Design and Methods Overall, 291 college students participated. A multiple regression analysis was conducted to analyze the influence of disaster awareness and coping on stress, anxiety, and depression. Findings In the multiple regression model, anxiety, and depression were influenced by an awareness of natural and social disasters, level of perception of disaster response strategies, and level of information relating to disasters. Practice Implications It is important to deliver effective information on disaster response and strategies to prevent disaster‐related mental health issues.