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A disaster is generally referred to as a collective experience through which its survivors share an unpredictable occurrence resulting in a change of their overall perception. Disasters are overwhelming events as they test the capability of the community and individuals to respond and can temporarily lead to massive disruption. The extensive and enduring effects of disasters are apparent on the psychological and physical health of survivors. Personality characteristics like gender, ethnicity and coping, variables connected to disaster like injury and situation factors all are considered as threats for psychological problems after disasters. A "disaster" can be a frustrating and multifaceted task that proves difficult even for scholars. Natural disasters are often described as "acts of God" a term that automatically eliminates human responsibility. The aftermath of natural disaster includes an unambiguous physical impact, resulting in property damage, injury, and death of victims. These are catastrophic occurrences with the capacity to impose various kinds ofhardship, e.g. loss of property and personal possessions, enduring hunger and physical discomfort, or injury to separation from family and close friends. Devastation of social support networks as well as loss of financial income isjust a few examples of the long-term hardships many survivors have to experience. The present paper emphasized that individuals as well as societies can play a major role in the rehabilitation process and should be taken into account rather thanjust focusing on the impact of environmental factors on individual vulnerabilities.
Keywords: disastermanagement, personality, post-traumatic stress
Disaster is one of the events that have an impact on the lives of the individuals involved in. Destruction and loss make a person feels depressed besides being worried. It is even worst when the victims become depressed as a result of the incident. Disaster events can be seen as a threat to the well-being of individuals both physically and emotionally. Flooding and earthquakes in Bihar has various impacts on the affected population in terms of damage to property, destruction of property and loss of life. Flood disaster has created sufferings, pain and agony among the victims.
A disaster is generally referred to as a collective experience through which its survivors share an unpredictable occurrence resulting in a change of their overall perception (Erikson, 1991). Disasters are overwhelming events as they test...