title: Adapting to Life after Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: An Examination of Psychological Resilience and Depression on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among depression, psychological resilience, and other sociodemographic factors of individuals who were highly exposed to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010. A spatially stratified random sample of 294 Mississippi Gulf Coast residents living in close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico were surveyed. Findings indicated that low education attainment, financial hardship, and disaster-related damages increased the likelihood of depression, whereas psychological resilience and having health insurance reduced the odds of depression. Implications for enhancing psychological resilience and increasing access to health insurance are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work, University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast , Long Beach , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: Bret J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Blackmon
authors.affiliation: b School of Social Work, University of Southern Mississippi , Hattiesburg , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: Joohee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: c Department of Geography and Geology, University of Southern Mississippi , Hattiesburg , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cochran
authors.affiliation: c Department of Geography and Geology, University of Southern Mississippi , Hattiesburg , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: Bandana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kar
authors.affiliation: b School of Social Work, University of Southern Mississippi , Hattiesburg , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rehner
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work, University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast , Long Beach , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: Alvin M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D060851:Gulf of America; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008922:Mississippi / Q000453:epidemiology; D059392:Petroleum Pollution; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Disaster; depression; resilience