TY - JOUR
T1 - Trajectories of Distress Following the Great East Japan Earthquake
T2 - A Multiwave Prospective Study
AU - Goodwin, Robin
AU - Sugiyama, Kemmyo
AU - Sun, Shaojing
AU - Takahashi, Masahito
AU - Aida, Jun
N1 - Funding Information:
We appreciate the generous help from the Miyagi prefectural officers and all the people who participated in all waves of the study. We also thank Ken Osaka, who helped facilitate the collaboration, and the acting editor and reviewers for their invaluable input. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not reflect the views of the Miyagi Prefecture.
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear leak were complex traumas. We examined psychological distress in the years following the earthquake using growth mixture modeling to classify responses from 2,599 linked respondents (2012–2016). We identified four classes of trajectories following the disaster: resilient (76% of respondents), delayed distress (8%), recovery (8%), and chronic distress (7%). Compared with the resilient class, other class members were less likely to be female and had less social support. Survivors in the recovery group were more likely to live in prefabricated housing. Although distress has decreased over time, specific populations continue to require targeted intervention.
AB - The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear leak were complex traumas. We examined psychological distress in the years following the earthquake using growth mixture modeling to classify responses from 2,599 linked respondents (2012–2016). We identified four classes of trajectories following the disaster: resilient (76% of respondents), delayed distress (8%), recovery (8%), and chronic distress (7%). Compared with the resilient class, other class members were less likely to be female and had less social support. Survivors in the recovery group were more likely to live in prefabricated housing. Although distress has decreased over time, specific populations continue to require targeted intervention.
KW - Japan
KW - distress trajectories
KW - natural disasters
KW - psychological distress
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U2 - 10.1177/2167702620949156
DO - 10.1177/2167702620949156
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091023045
VL - 8
SP - 1062
EP - 1068
JO - Clinical Psychological Science
JF - Clinical Psychological Science
SN - 2167-7026
IS - 6
ER -