“We can help ourselves”: does community resilience buffer against the negative impact of flooding on mental health?

Masson, Torsten; Bamberg, Sebastian; Stricker, Michael; Heidenreich, Anna

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2371-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2371-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2371-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 11

Research article

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30 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 30 Oct 2019

“We can help ourselves”: does community resilience buffer against the negative impact of flooding on mental health?

Torsten Masson, Sebastian Bamberg, Michael Stricker, and Anna Heidenreich

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review nhess-2018-389', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Author response to Reviewer 1 comments', Torsten Masson, 15 May 2019
RC2: 'Referee Comment #2', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'Author response to Reviewer 2 comments', Torsten Masson, 16 May 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (04 Jun 2019) by Sven Fuchs

AR by Torsten Masson on behalf of the Authors (29 Jul 2019) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Aug 2019) by Sven Fuchs

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (29 Aug 2019)

ED: Publish as is (02 Sep 2019) by Sven Fuchs

AR by Torsten Masson on behalf of the Authors (09 Sep 2019)

Short summary

In the current study (N = 118), we found evidence for a buffering effect of community resilience (as a form of social support) on post-disaster mental health and life satisfaction. Our work shows that previous work might have underestimated the effect of social support on post-disaster adjustment. Applying (statistical) moderator analysis, the current work contributes to the discussion of the role of social factors for mental health outcomes of flooding.