Social support, impression management and well-being following a disaster: A literature review and some conceptual considerations
In this paper, the influence of social support and impression management on the well-being of flood victims in Malaysia will be discussed.The paper starts with a definition of all the variables. Literature review so far shows that there is a limited research on victims of flood disaster in Malaysi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/12085/1/316-B10015.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/12085/ http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/IJSSH.2014.V4.316 |
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| Summary: | In this paper, the influence of social support and impression management on the
well-being of flood victims in Malaysia will be discussed.The paper starts with a definition of all the variables. Literature review so far shows that there is a
limited research on victims of flood disaster in Malaysia.This paper will explore perceptions of flood victims toward social
support provided by the government and analyze flood victims’ well-being and impression management.Finally, a conceptual
framework will be proposed in accordance with the flood situation in Malaysia.The conceptual framework includes three main ideas, namely social support, impression management and well-being.This paper contributes to the study of disaster by
providing a conceptual framework, which can be used to further investigate variables that influenced well-being because of disaster. |
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