Coping with "natural" hazards as stressors : the predictors of activism in a flood disaster.

By:

Rochford, E. Burke

Contributor(s):

Blocker, T. Jean

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: MAR 1991Description: 24p., 2 figs, 2 tabs, 1 appendix, 59 refsSubject(s):

Subject: Reconsiders the long-standing assumption that natural disasters such as floods are uncontrollable environmental events that provide no basis for collective protest. This is acheived by considering the rise of protest following a flood disaster in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1986. The results indicate that a victim's interpretation of flooding as controllable was directly related to activism and indirectly related through feelings of threat and coping strategies.

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Reprinted from Environment and Behaviour, Vol. 23., No. 2., March 1991, pp171-194

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Reconsiders the long-standing assumption that natural disasters such as floods are uncontrollable environmental events that provide no basis for collective protest. This is acheived by considering the rise of protest following a flood disaster in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1986. The results indicate that a victim's interpretation of flooding as controllable was directly related to activism and indirectly related through feelings of threat and coping strategies.

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