Psychological preparedness for disaster of coastal communities: a systematic review

Abstract

Abstract Indonesia has experienced numerous disasters for the past five years. Disasters not only happen in the urban area and rural area but also in the coastal area. Coastal communities are prone to a natural disaster such as tsunami. The tsunami not only causing infrastructure damage but also physical and psychological damage to the victims. Psychological preparedness could help to reduce the risk of the devastating impact of a disaster. However, there is not much research that investigates the topic. Aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of articles that discuss about psychological preparedness for disaster of coastal communities. The research was done using meta-analysis method to assess studies that discuss about psychological preparedness for disaster of coastal communities. It is tried to identify the psychological preparedness for disaster of coastal community construct that existed and the measurement tools that were used. It is found that psychological preparedness for disaster of coastal communities was a construct that were not clearly defined. However, several researchers had tried to develop a tool to measure psychological preparedness for disaster in general. However, there are no study that is contextually bound to coastal communities.