@article{ref1,
title="Barton's Theory of Collective Stress is a Classic and Worth Testing",
journal="International journal of mass emergencies and disasters",
year="1988",
author="Gillespie, D. F.",
volume="6",
number="3",
pages="345-361",
abstract="Why after twenty years should anyone bother to read Barton's book, Communities in Disaster? Because this book reveals a classic structure by combining theory and method in a rigorous but creative product. Barton's book provides lasting value because it sets forth a distinctive sociological approach to disasters. This approach contributes to the disaster field as well as to general sociology. The central idea of &quot;collective stress&quot; serves as a focal point in codifying sociologically the earliest disaster research, and also it underlies major constructs such as the &quot;emergency social system,&quot; &quot;mass convergence,&quot; and &quot;therapeutic community&quot; which are standard terms in the disaster field lexicon of today.<p />",
language="",
issn="0280-7270",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}