Relating stress, anxiety and depression among flood victims’ quality of life in Malaysia: A theoretical perspective
Flood disaster is one of the events that have an impact on the lives of the individuals involved in Malaysia. Destruction and loss make a person feels depressed besides being worried.Even worse when the victims become depressed as a result of the incident. Flood events can be seen as a threat to the...
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International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT Press)
2013
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| Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/12645/1/300-B10013.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/12645/ http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/IJSSH.2013.V3.300 |
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| Summary: | Flood disaster is one of the events that have an impact on the lives of the individuals involved in Malaysia. Destruction and loss make a person feels depressed besides being worried.Even worse when the victims become depressed as a result of the incident. Flood events can be seen as a threat to the well-being of individuals both physically and emotionally.This article will discuss how stress, anxiety and depression are related to the quality of life and well-being of flood victims.The discussion is based on the Stressful Life Events Theory, Freud’s Anxiety Theory, Beck's Cognitive Theory of Depression and the Quality of Life Conceptual Model. |
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