@article{ref1,
title="Displaced Older Adults' Reactions to and Coping With the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina",
journal="Journal of family issues",
year="2011",
author="Kamo, Yoshinori and Henderson, Tammy L. and Roberto, Karen A.",
volume="32",
number="10",
pages="1346-1370",
abstract="Guided by an ecological perspective, the authors examined event, individual, structural/cultural, and family/community factors that shaped the psychological well-being of older adults displaced from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. The authors first established the negative effects of displacement on psychological well-being by comparing displaced older adults with permanent Baton Rouge residents. Displaced older persons' psychological well-being was positively related to their age and physical health. Older displaced women coped with displacement better than men. Avoidant coping was negatively related to the older adults' well-being, whereas spiritual coping showed no effect. The functioning of older persons' family was positively related to their psychological well-being, whereas dependence on people outside immediate family showed a negative relationship. Income, education, and race were largely unrelated to psychological well-being. Findings provide implications for future studies regarding the relationship between disaster and psychological well-being and provide practitioners with suggestions for work with older adults displaced by disasters.<p />",
language="",
issn="0192-513X",
doi="10.1177/0192513X11412495",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513X11412495"
}