Personal Responsibility and Volunteering After a Natural Disaster

The Case of Hurricane Katrina

Bibliographic Data

ID2154665
AuthorsLacie M Michel (Louisiana State University, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume27
Issue6
Pages633-652
Publication date2007-09-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02732170701533855
OpenAlexW2012109355
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited33

This study examines prosocial behavior and volunteerism in the context of Hurricane Katrina. Using interviews from East Baton Rouge Parish residents, results demonstrate that self-efficacy, education, religious attendance, and organizational membership exert significant, positive effects on feeling personally responsible for helping victims. Education, presence of children in the home, organizational membership, and the interaction between religious attendance and personal responsibility exert significant, positive effects on total hours spent volunteering at shelters for victims. These findings suggest that there is not a one-to-one correspondence between the characteristics of the typical volunteer and those who volunteer in a natural disaster

Attendance · Feeling · Geography · Hurricane katrina · Natural disaster · Political science · Prosocial behavior · Disaster Management and Resilience · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology