TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Traditional Families in Turkey
JO  - International journal of mass emergencies and disasters
A1  - Kagitcibasi, C
SP  - 145
EP  - 152
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
N2  - Though disasters, especially earthquakes, floods, and landslides, are common in Turkey, policy-making, planning, and even research have ignored their social-psychological aspects. In this paper an attempt is made to build a hypothetical model for conceptualizing disaster-related coping behavior in traditional society. It is based on individual, familial and social behavior, and values derived from research conducted in Turkey. In this model it is proposed that belief in external control, in fitting with the objective conditions, results in resignation and in the conception of disaster as inevitable. Close-knit family and community ties provide further relief and security in the face of disaster. This primary group solidarity also provides the mechanisms necessary for coping with disaster in the context of underdevelopment where formal social welfare organizations are inadequate.<p /> 
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SN  - 0280-7270
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -