Dispositional optimism and disaster resilience: a natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami - Gero K, Aida J, Shirai K, Kondo K, Kawachi I.

OBJECTIVE: Dispositional optimism - the general belief that good things will happen - is considered a key asset for the preservation of mental health after a traumatic life event. However, it has been hypothesized that in extreme situations such as major d...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news