The Quality of Life of Typhoon Sendong Survivors
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The Quality of Life of Typhoon Sendong Survivors: Their General Well-being, Impact of
Event, and Life EffectivenessBy: Dr. Alma Gujilde-Maranda,
Mae Lourdes Lindayao,Katherine Xyra Quitos,Margaret Rose Maambong
4TH ASEAN REGIONAL UNION OF PSYCHOLOGISTS (ARUPS)
AND THE 50TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
OF THE PHILIPPINES(PAP)MIRIAM COLLEGE,QUEZON CITY
OCT 23-26,2013
Objectives of the Study
General well-being of Sendong Survivors across their developmental stage, extent of material damage and level of lethality:
Psychological distressPsychological Well-Being
How they deal with the experienced distress caused by traumatic event of Typhoon Sendong.
AvoidanceIntrusionHyperarousal
How effective were the following areas used by Sendong survivors in dealing with their life after Typhoon Sendong:
Time Management Task LeadershipSocial Competence Emotional ControlAchievement Motivation Active InitiativeIntellectual Flexibility Self-confidence
Differences and interaction across developmental stages, extent of material damage, level of lethality in terms of:
General Well-BeingQuality of life
Impact of EventLife Effectiveness
Terror Management Theory (Solomon, Psyzczynski, Guenberg)
people hold on tightly to cultural worldviews and beliefs in order to suppress death and mortality- related thoughts.
culture lessens the anxiety that results in the awareness of one’s mortality
A. Theories on Lethality
Meaning Management Theory (Wong)
To be able to manage our life through meaning.
Human beings are meaning-seeking and
meaning-making
A. Theories on Lethality
Learned Helplessness (Martin Seligman)
description in motivation, affect and learning following
exposure to noncontingent or uncontrolled outcomes
B. Theories on Quality of Life
Theory of Cognitive Appraisal (Richard Lazarus)
cognitive appraisal of a situation is crucial in experiencing emotions. It involves an individual’s personal interpretation of an event in determining one’s emotional reaction.
Transactional Model of Stress and Coping(Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman)
Framework developed to evaluate the processes of coping with stressful events.
B. Theories on Quality of Life
Theory of Psychological Well-Being (Carol Ryff)
Psychological Well-Being measures an individual’s sense of autonomy, self-acceptance, quality ties or positive relations with others, sense of purpose in life, personal growth and development and the ability to deal with the environment for personal needs and values.
C. Theories on General Well-Being
Emotional Processing Theory (Foa
Rothbaum)
The development of fear structure in memory results escaped and avoidance behavior.
D. Theories on Impact of Event
Dual Representation Theory (Brewin)
Implies that images, appraisals and emotions occurring peri-traumatically involve a process that is more automatic, more influenced and less consciously accessible
Cognitive Models (Ehlers and Clark)
The Pathological responses to trauma persist when individual’s process the traumatic information in a way that produces a sesnse of current threat, either an external threat to safety or an internal hreat to the self
and the future.
D. Theories on Impact of Event
Self-Efficacy (Bandura)
Belief in one’s capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to manage prospective situations.
E. Theories on Life Effectiveness
Self-concept Theory (Rogers)
The totality of our beliefs, preferences, opinions and attitudes organized in a systematic manner, towards our personal existence.
Attachment Theory (Bowlby)
Deep and enduring emotional bond that connects one person to another across a long period of time and space.
E. Theories on Life Effectiveness
Schematic Diagram
Psychological Well-being
Psychological Distress
General Well-Being
Self Confidence
Active Initiative
Emotional Control
Task Leadership
Intellectual Flexibility
Achievement Motivation
Social Competence
Time Management
Life Effectiveness
Hyperarousal
Intrusion
Avoidance
Impact of Event
Typhoon Sendong Survivors
Developmental StageChildren
Adolescents
Extent of Material DamagePartial
Complete
Level of LethalityModerate
Severe
QUALITY OF LIFE
Conceptual Framework
Developmental Stage and Extent of Material Damage in terms of Life-Effectiveness
Results and Discussion
Source of Variation Sum of Squares df Mean of Squares
F(c) F(t) Interpretation
Between A (Developmental Stage)
0.02 1 0.02 0.08 3.84 Not Significant
Between B (Extent of Material Damage)
0.03 1 0.03 0.09 3.84 Not Significant
AxB (Developmental Stage x Extent of Material
Damage)
1.30 1 1.30 4.23 3.84 Significant
Within GroupsA. General Well BeingB. Impact of Life EventsC. Life Effectiveness
Recommendations
A. CSWD and other Mental health care Professionals
Conduct workshops or seminars to professionals and non-professional volunteer handling psychosocial interventions.
Design psychological intervention strategies that would fit for specific developmental stage.
Follow-up survivors who remain symptomatic in the post-disaster environment.