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Social sustainability of post-disaster: how teachers enable primary school students to be resilient in times of Ranau earthquake

The Ranau Earthquake that struck on 5 June 2015, February 2018, and April 2021, were a new disaster in Sabah and caused many Sabahan to panic. The unpredicted disaster also caused a serious impact on all aspects of life in Sabah. The earthquake has caused severe damage to eight primary schools in th...

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Main Authors: Soon Singh Bikar Singh, Balan Rathakrishnan, Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin, Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir, Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir
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Published: MDPI AG 2021
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BF712-724.85 Developmental psychology - Including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood
QE521-545 Volcanoes and earthquakes
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spelling my.ums.eprints.302902021-09-20T03:24:36Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30290/ Social sustainability of post-disaster: how teachers enable primary school students to be resilient in times of Ranau earthquake Soon Singh Bikar Singh Balan Rathakrishnan Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir BF712-724.85 Developmental psychology - Including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood QE521-545 Volcanoes and earthquakes The Ranau Earthquake that struck on 5 June 2015, February 2018, and April 2021, were a new disaster in Sabah and caused many Sabahan to panic. The unpredicted disaster also caused a serious impact on all aspects of life in Sabah. The earthquake has caused severe damage to eight primary schools in the vicinity of the epicenter, although no casualties were reported. However, the disaster has deep passing psychological effects among students. In this study, we examine how the primary school teachers enabled the student to be resilient during and after the disaster. Based on the interviews with 16 primary school students, it was revealed that most of the teachers used WhatsApp to support resilience during and after the earthquake. Interviews with 16 primary school teachers revealed there were two main reasons for them to communicate with students, namely, delivering emotional aid and monitoring their stress. Based on student interviews, five content categories of emotional support were identified: caring, reassuring, emotion sharing, belonging, and distracting. The main contribution of this study is that social media can be used as a spontaneous and proactive tool for supporting the student’s resilience during and after the earthquake trauma. MDPI AG 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30290/1/Social%20sustainability%20of%20post-disaster_%20How%20teachers%20enable%20primary%20school%20students%20to%20be%20resilient%20in%20times%20of%20Ranau%20earthquake%20ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30290/2/Social%20sustainability%20of%20post-disaster%20How%20teachers%20enable%20primary%20school%20students%20to%20be%20resilient%20in%20times%20of%20Ranau%20earthquake%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf Soon Singh Bikar Singh and Balan Rathakrishnan and Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin and Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir and Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir (2021) Social sustainability of post-disaster: how teachers enable primary school students to be resilient in times of Ranau earthquake. Sustainability, 13. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2071-1050 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/13/7308/htm https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137308
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topic BF712-724.85 Developmental psychology - Including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood
QE521-545 Volcanoes and earthquakes
spellingShingle BF712-724.85 Developmental psychology - Including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood
QE521-545 Volcanoes and earthquakes
Soon Singh Bikar Singh
Balan Rathakrishnan
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin
Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir
Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir
Social sustainability of post-disaster: how teachers enable primary school students to be resilient in times of Ranau earthquake
description The Ranau Earthquake that struck on 5 June 2015, February 2018, and April 2021, were a new disaster in Sabah and caused many Sabahan to panic. The unpredicted disaster also caused a serious impact on all aspects of life in Sabah. The earthquake has caused severe damage to eight primary schools in the vicinity of the epicenter, although no casualties were reported. However, the disaster has deep passing psychological effects among students. In this study, we examine how the primary school teachers enabled the student to be resilient during and after the disaster. Based on the interviews with 16 primary school students, it was revealed that most of the teachers used WhatsApp to support resilience during and after the earthquake. Interviews with 16 primary school teachers revealed there were two main reasons for them to communicate with students, namely, delivering emotional aid and monitoring their stress. Based on student interviews, five content categories of emotional support were identified: caring, reassuring, emotion sharing, belonging, and distracting. The main contribution of this study is that social media can be used as a spontaneous and proactive tool for supporting the student’s resilience during and after the earthquake trauma.
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author Soon Singh Bikar Singh
Balan Rathakrishnan
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin
Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir
Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir
author_facet Soon Singh Bikar Singh
Balan Rathakrishnan
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin
Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir
Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir
author_sort Soon Singh Bikar Singh
title Social sustainability of post-disaster: how teachers enable primary school students to be resilient in times of Ranau earthquake
title_short Social sustainability of post-disaster: how teachers enable primary school students to be resilient in times of Ranau earthquake
title_full Social sustainability of post-disaster: how teachers enable primary school students to be resilient in times of Ranau earthquake
title_fullStr Social sustainability of post-disaster: how teachers enable primary school students to be resilient in times of Ranau earthquake
title_full_unstemmed Social sustainability of post-disaster: how teachers enable primary school students to be resilient in times of Ranau earthquake
title_sort social sustainability of post-disaster: how teachers enable primary school students to be resilient in times of ranau earthquake
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30290/1/Social%20sustainability%20of%20post-disaster_%20How%20teachers%20enable%20primary%20school%20students%20to%20be%20resilient%20in%20times%20of%20Ranau%20earthquake%20ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30290/2/Social%20sustainability%20of%20post-disaster%20How%20teachers%20enable%20primary%20school%20students%20to%20be%20resilient%20in%20times%20of%20Ranau%20earthquake%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30290/
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/13/7308/htm
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137308
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