@article{ref1,
title="Reactions to disaster at a distance. The first week after the earthquake in Soviet Armenia",
journal="Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic",
year="1989",
author="Yacoubian, V. V. and Hacker, F. J.",
volume="53",
number="4",
pages="331-339",
abstract="Armenian-American adolescents from a Los Angeles school were interviewed during the first week after the massive earthquake in Soviet Armenia in December 1988. The authors describe their observations: All the adolescents strongly identified with the victims and felt that the catastrophe personally affected them; they all rushed into hectic activities to escape intolerable grief reactions; there was strong group pressure to accelerate helping efforts; the catastrophe was experienced as fortifying group cohesion; and there was a distinct preference to preserve and strengthen communal values, even over and above helping the earthquake victims. In particular, the authors observed the phenomenon of &quot;participation envy,&quot; a special form of survivor guilt involving envious resentment at being excluded from a unique and rallying communal experience.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-9284",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}