Course:EOSC311/2022/Psychological impact of experiencing natural disasters

Statement of connection and why you chose it

Impacts of natural disasters on human society are remarkable. The most obvious and direct damages they cause involve economical destruction and physical destruction . In addition, there are experiments have proved that people who natural disasters can be mentally affected.

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Introduction of natural disasters

Plate Tectonics

In this section I will introduce the definition of plate tectonics and how it is related to natural disasters.

Then I will introduce each natural disasters

earthquake

tsunami

volcanic eruptions

How experiencing natural disasters can affect humans' emotion and personality

Mental health

-stress and increased Violence after disasters

Unemployment, economic losses and casualties lead to a significant increase in human stress. Violence by men against women has increased after natural disaster events in Australia.

-Post-traumatic stress disorder

After experiencing major disasters such as large earthquakes, some people will develop psychological disorder. Post-stress trauma disorder (PTSD) refers to psychological problems that develop after an individual has experienced a major and devastating event

-How geologist can involve in psychological therapy

Cognitive therapy help victims to adjust some unreasonable beliefs and establish proper beliefs, so that victims can face the earthquake disaster with a good attitude. Geologist or geology knowledge can help them properly understand the causes of natural disasters and their inevitability.

Personality

According to the research of YiyuanLi and his colleagues (2018), children's altruistic giving are found to be affected after experiencing a natural disaster. 9-year-olds became more altruistic after witnessing sabotage caused by an intense earthquake.

Emotion

People lost their emotional bond to place after disasters. (Knez, et.al,2018)

Conclusion / Your Evaluation of the Connections

Conlusion

References

Islam, A., Leister, C. M., Mahmud, M., & Raschky, P. A. (2020). Natural disaster and risk-sharing behavior: Evidence from rural Bangladesh. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 61(1), 67–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-020-09334-5

Johannesson, K. B., Arinell, H., & Arnberg, F. K. (2015). Six years after the wave. trajectories of posttraumatic stress following a natural disaster. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 36, 15–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.07.007

Knez, I., Butler, A., Ode Sang, Å., Ångman, E., Sarlöv-Herlin, I., & Åkerskog, A. (2018). Before and after a natural disaster: Disruption in emotion component of place-identity and wellbeing. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 55, 11–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.11.002

Li, Y., Li, H., Decety, J., & Lee, K. (2013). Experiencing a natural disaster alters children’s altruistic giving. Psychological Science, 24(9), 1686–1695. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613479975

PARKINSON, D., & Zara, C. (2013). The hidden disaster : domestic violence in the aftermath of natural disaster. The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 28(2), 28–35. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/agispt.20131671