College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Document Type

Book Chapter

Source Title

Economics, politics and governance during COVID-19: Experiences of the global south

First Page

93

Last Page

116

Publication Date

2025

Place of Publication

Zurich, Switzerland

Publisher

Lit Verlag Gmbh & Co. KG Wien

Abstract

T his study is contextualized in the compounding traumatic experiences of survivorevacuees: the destructive earthquakes in Cotabato, Philippines in October 2019, the sudden evacuation from permanent residences, the protracted stay in evacuation camps, and, less than a year after the earthquakes, the COVID-19 pandemic. One hundred twenty-one survivor-evacuees, majority of whom are women and belong to the Manobo indigenous people, answered psychological scales on (a) the posttraumatic stress and growth they experienced and attributed to the earthquakes and evacuation, (b) the ill consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on their health, livelihood, and living conditions, and (c) their current state of mental health. Results of hierarchical regression analysis indicate that posttraumatic stress and growth predict, respectively, poorer and better mental health. After accounting for the effects of stress and growth, the impact of COVID-19 on the survivor-evacuees’ lives predict poorer mental health. This chapter discusses how the monitoring of survivors’ sequential and differentiated experiences of compounded disasters can inform the design of mental health intervention in post-disaster operations.

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Disciplines

Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Series Title

World Society Studies

Keywords

Mental health; Stress (Psychology)

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