Association Between Resilience and Quality of life in Wenchuan Earthquake Shidu parents: The Mediating Role of Social Support.
Of the Wenchuan earthquake victims, there was a special group who lost their only child, known as the Shidu parents. The purpose of this paper is to examine social support as a moderator between resilience and quality of life (QOL) in Shidu parents. A cross-sectional sample survey was conducted to collect data from 22 earthquake-stricken counties in Sichuan province. Of the Shidu parents from the Wenchuan earthquake, being of Han ethnicity, receiving a high monthly income, having a high education, having lost a younger child (18-27), and having lost a male child were all risk factors for a lower QOL (p < 0.05). This study highlighted that different types of social support have different roles in building resilience and improving QOL. The results emphasized the importance of developing suitable social support strategies as mediators to improve resilience and the QOL in Shidu parents.
Institute of Emergency Management and Reconstruction in Post-disaster, Sichuan University, No. 24, South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Ziqi
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Wang
Institute of Emergency Management and Reconstruction in Post-disaster, Sichuan University, No. 24, South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. xujiuping@scu.edu.cn.
Jiuping
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Xu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001601:Bereavement; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009863:Only Child; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D057566:Self Report; D012944:Social Support; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
Quality of life; Resilience; Shidu parents; Social support; Wenchuan earthquake