Collective efficacy following a series of natural disasters

摘要: Collective efficacy perceptions one year after a series of natural disasters were investigated. Fifty participants exposed to the completed Time 1 (3–8 weeks post-disasters). One later, 46 original sample and 20 control sampled. Results demonstrated that initial lost resources, social support, psychological distress contributed significantly prediction collective beliefs later. In predicting 2 distress, resources support only significant predictors. supported buffering effect (e.g., efficacy) against under conditions high resource loss. Disaster residents reported slightly higher levels than controls, yet similar variability these perceptions. The association between differed two...