SOME ASPECTS OF READAPTATION OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS IN HIROSHIMA
Keywords:
Disaster, Ionizing radiation, Psychosocial readaptationAbstract
This study represents an overview of some aspects of
psychosocial readaptation of the atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima.
Reports from 31 survivors, 8 men and 23 women, were used as data for
the analysis. The reports were collected individually through a structured
interview, in one of two hospitais in Hiroshima which deliver services to the
survivors. The data were grouped accordíng to the following áreas: family,
work, health, and psychological readaptation. These data were analysed
considering the psychosocial aspects of disasters and the characteristics
of the Japanese culture.
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Baum, A., Gatchel, RJ.. & Schaeffer. M.A. (1983). Emotional, behavioral, and
physiological effects of chronic stress at Three Mile Island. Journal of Consulting
and Clinicai Psychology, 51, 565-572.
Berren, M.R., Santiago, J.M., Beigel, A., & Timmons, S.A. (1989). A classification
scheme for disasters. Em R. Gist, & B. Lubin (Orgs.), Psychosocial aspects of
disaster (Pp. 40-58). New York: Wiley.
Bromei, E.J. (1989). The nature and effects of technological failures. Em R. Gist, & B.
Lubin (Orgs.), Psychosocial Aspects of Disaster (Pp. 120-139). New York: Wiley.
Cable, S., Walsh, E.J., & Warland, R.H. (1988). Comparisons of four mobilization
processes after the Three Mile Island accident. Social Forces: An International
Journal of Social Research Associated with the Southern Sociológica! Society,
66, 951-969.
Funairi Mutsumi-En (1990). Summary of the Hiroshima Atomic-Bomb Survivors Home.
Hiroshima: Hiroshima Prefecture.
Gale, R.P. (1987). Calculating risk: Radiation and Chemobyl. Journal of
Communication, Summer, 68-73.
Gist, R., & Lubin, B. (1989). Psychosocial aspects of disaster. New York: Wiley.
Gricar, B.G., & Baratta, A.J. (1983). Bridging of information gap at Three Mile Island:
Radiation monitoring by citizens. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 19,
35-49.
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Hiroshima Prefecture.
Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital (1990). Outline and
statistical information of the atomic-bomb survivors division. Hiroshima: Hiroshima
Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital.
Kubo, Y. (1952). Study of human behavior immediately after the atomic bombing of
Hiroshima - Socio-psychological study pertaining to the atomic bomb and atomic
energy. Shinrigaku Kenkyu - Japanese Journal of Psychology, 22, 103-110.
Lifton, RJ. (1967). Death in life. Survivors of Hiroshima. New York: Random House.
Pastore, J.O. (1987). The short-term effects of nuclear war: The medicai legacy of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Preventive Medicine, 16, 293-307.
Reischauer, E.O. (1990). The japanese today. Change and continuity. Tokyo: Tuttle
Company.
Silva, J.F. (1991). Crianças da Bomba Atômica de Hiroshima e Nagasaki. Manuscrito
não publicado.
Solomon, S.D. (1989). Research issues in assessing disaster's effects. Em R. Gist, &
B. Lubin (Orgs.) Psychosocial Aspects of Disaster (Pp. 308-340). New York:
Wiley.
The Committee for the Compilation of Materials on Damage Caused by the Atomic
Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1981). Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The
physical, medicai, and social effects of the atomic bombings. Tokyo: Iwanami
Shoten.
Tierney, KJ. (1989). The social and community contexts of disaster. Em R. Gist, & B.
Lubin (Orgs.), Psychosocial Aspects of Disaster (Pp. 11-39). New York: Wiley.
Watanabe, S. (1971). Cross-generational and medico-anthropological problems,among
alien a-bomb survivors. Proceedings of the Research Institute for Nuclear
Medicine and Biology, 12, 208-212.
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Vasconcelos, L. A. (2012). SOME ASPECTS OF READAPTATION OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS IN HIROSHIMA. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 8(1), 113–122. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17128
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