自然災害後の高齢者の心理的変化 : 阪神・淡路大震災後の高齢者のリソースの喪失状況

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the loss of resources and identify the psychological state of elderly victims 6 and 15 months after the Great Hanshin- Awaji Earthquake. The 72 elderly victims (16 men and 56 women; mean age, 82.3 and 80.3 years old, respectively) were interviewed with a structured questionnaire which included demographic information. The responses to the 17 questionnaire items were analyzed using the paired t-test and the Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. The results indicated that their scores of resource loss were generally low at both 6 and 15 months after the earthquake. However, items such as "personal health", "feeling of having control over one's own life" and "motivation to get things done" showed higher scores than the other items. The resource loss scores revealed no significant differences between the two time points, but it showed a higher positive correlation at 15 than at 6 months. These findings suggested that it is necessary to minimize the loss of resources in order to prevent stress in elderly victims of natural disasters.
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