Sense of community and depressive symptoms among older earthquake survivors following the 2008 earthquake in Chengdu China

Li, Yawen; Sun, Fei; He, X; Chan, Kalok

doi:10.1002/jcop.20469

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“…On the contrary feelings of alienation, loneliness (Prezza and Pacilli 2007), suicide (Farrell and Coulombe 2004), depressive symptoms (Li et al 2011), and negative effect (Oh et al 2014) were inversely related to sense of community. Furthermore, studies (Banyard and Williams 2007;Greenfield and Marks 2010) demonstrated that sense of community has a moderate effect on the relations between traumatic experiences and psychological distress (Li et al 2011). …”

Section: Sense Of Communitymentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Research has consistently shown that sense of community, is related positively to adaptive psychological outcomes such as empowerment, sense of efficacy, life satisfaction, happiness Farrell and Coulombe 2004), subjective wellbeing (Davidson and Cotter 1991), social support (Li et al 2011), positive affect (Kenyon et al 2011;Oh et al 2014), increased psychological well-being (Pretty et al 1996;Prezza et al 2001), quality of life (Gattino et al 2013), life satisfaction, and appraisal support (Oh et al 2014). On the contrary feelings of alienation, loneliness (Prezza and Pacilli 2007), suicide (Farrell and Coulombe 2004), depressive symptoms (Li et al 2011), and negative effect (Oh et al 2014) were inversely related to sense of community.…”

Section: Sense Of Communitymentioning

confidence: 97%

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Examining the Predictive Role of Self-compassion on Sense of Community in Turkish Adolescents

Akın

2014

Soc Indic Res

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The goal of this research is to investigate the predictive role of self-compassion on sense of community. Participants were 401 high school students (211 women, 190 men). In this study, the Self-compassion Scale and the Sense of Community Scale were used. The relationships between self-compassion and sense of community were examined using correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. In correlation analysis, selfkindness, common humanity, and mindfulness factors of self-compassion were found positively and self-judgment, isolation, and over-identification factors of self-compassion were found negatively related to sense of community. According to regression results, sense of community was predicted negatively by isolation. Further self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness predicted sense of community in a positive way. Self-compassion has explained 17 % of the variance in sense of community. The results were discussed within the context of the related literature.

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Section: Sense Of Communitymentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Sense Of Communitymentioning

confidence: 97%

Examining the Predictive Role of Self-compassion on Sense of Community in Turkish Adolescents

Akın

2014

Soc Indic Res

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“…Conversely, a low SOC indicates withdrawal and disengagement from one’s community and is positively associated with loneliness [32]. The benefits of SOC among older adults are well documented: it predicts general well-being [33], increases volunteering likelihood [34], and protects against depressive symptoms in the aftermath of an earthquake [35]. …”

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confidence: 99%

Loneliness Shapes the Relationship between Information and Communications Technology Use and Psychological Adjustment among Older Adults

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Background: Given findings that generally support the benefits of information and communication technology (ICT) for older adults’ psychosocial adjustment, one might surmise that lonely older adults, who have a stronger need for psychological support, would reap more psychosocial benefits from ICT use. However, scant research has examined this view, much less the likelihood that ICT use might worsen the psychological well-being of lonely older adults, as has been shown to be the case in younger adults. Objective: To examine whether the association between ICT use and psychological adjustment (i.e., psychological distress and sense of community [SOC]) among older adults depends on their loneliness levels. Methods: A representative sample of 738 Hong Kong SAR Chinese older adults aged 60 years or older (56% female) was interviewed in 2017 on loneliness, frequency of ICT use (i.e., Internet and smart devices), psychological distress (6-item Kessler scale; K6), and SOC. Results: Regression analyses showed that loneliness significantly moderated the relationship between ICT use frequency and psychological adjustment (psychological distress and SOC); more frequent ICT use was associated with more psychological distress and less SOC, with higher levels of loneliness. Conclusion: These findings suggest that ICT use may be a mixed blessing for older adults, i.e., using more ICT might predict worse psychological adjustment among lonelier older adults. Efforts that promote ICT use among older adults should take their loneliness levels into account.

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“…It is also worth noting that out‐group threats do not have direct associations with one‐group perceptions among minority members, and thus they do not seem to produce negative effects on relationships with the majority group. These results are of great interest especially considering that some recent studies (e.g., Li, Sun, He, & Chan, ) highlighted the key role of sense of community in promoting psychological well‐being among disaster survivors. Moreover, they extend ITT (Stephan & Stephan, ), by showing that realistic threats are salient in post‐disaster contexts and are predictive of outcomes related both to the self and to intergroup relations.…”

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Out‐group threats and distress as antecedents of common in‐group identity among majority and minority group members in the aftermath of a natural disaster

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The aim of the present study was to examine the role of out-group threats in fostering one-group perceptions directly and indirectly via post-traumatic stress symptoms in the aftermath of a natural disaster. We also tested whether these relationships differ depending on the ethnic group of belonging (majority vs. minority). Participants were 589 Italians and 122 immigrants from a region strongly affected by the earthquakes that struck Northern Italy in 2012. Results revealed that among Italians threat stemming from negative out-group behaviour was associated positively with post-traumatic stress symptoms and negatively with perceptions of being a common group with immigrant survivors. Among immigrants, threat posed by the out-group for economic resources was positively associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms and, indirectly, with higher one-group perceptions.

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Sense of community and depressive symptoms among older earthquake survivors following the 2008 earthquake in Chengdu China

Cited by 49 publications

References 21 publications

Examining the Predictive Role of Self-compassion on Sense of Community in Turkish Adolescents

Examining the Predictive Role of Self-compassion on Sense of Community in Turkish Adolescents

Loneliness Shapes the Relationship between Information and Communications Technology Use and Psychological Adjustment among Older Adults

Out‐group threats and distress as antecedents of common in‐group identity among majority and minority group members in the aftermath of a natural disaster

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