A Factor Analysis of Psychological Distress of Long-Term Evacuees to Kyoto Prefecture by the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake

Abstract

A questionnaire survey was conducted for long-term evacuees to Kyoto Prefecture because of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The survey also conducted for residents who are not evacuees in Kyoto Prefecture. This study is focused to differences of psychological distress between evacuees and non-evacuees, and relationship between psychological distress and personal circumstances which are personal attribute, number of evacuees in household and social relations. In result, ratio of severe depressive tendency of evacuees are 20% higher than non-evacuees, and severe depressive tendency is high in case of evacuees who evacuate alone or with children.