Personal Responsibility and Volunteering After a Natural Disaster

The Case of Hurricane Katrina

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2154665
AutoresLacie M Michel (Louisiana State University, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume27
Fascículo6
Páginas633-652
Data de publicação2007-09-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02732170701533855
OpenAlexW2012109355
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas33

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