Citation

Blackmon BJ, Lee J, Cochran DM, Kar B, Rehner TA, Baker AM. Soc. Work Public Health 2016; 32(1): 65-76.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast , Long Beach , Mississippi , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/19371918.2016.1188746

PMID

27467596

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among depression, psychological resilience, and other sociodemographic factors of individuals who were highly exposed to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010. A spatially stratified random sample of 294 Mississippi Gulf Coast residents living in close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico were surveyed.

FINDINGS indicated that low education attainment, financial hardship, and disaster-related damages increased the likelihood of depression, whereas psychological resilience and having health insurance reduced the odds of depression. Implications for enhancing psychological resilience and increasing access to health insurance are discussed.

Language: en