Opportunities and Challenges for Studying Disaster Survivors

• Published in: Analyses of social issues and public policy Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 175 - 189
• Main Authors: Knack, Jennifer M., Chen, Zhansheng, Williams, Kipling D., Jensen-Campbell, Lauri A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.12.2006; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Disasters; Ethics; Methods; Public policy; Social psychology; Social research; Social sciences; Survivor

Studying survivors of natural disasters and traumatic events provides a unique opportunity to address some of the important and difficult questions in psychology and other social sciences. However, such an opportunity does not come without challenges. Several methodological challenges to studying su...