Psychologically Defined Life Reconstruction Processes of Disaster Victims in the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

Abstract

Through the analysis of the data from the social rondam surveys, this study clarifies the patterns of victims' behaviors, which were changed at the points of 10, 100, and 1000 hours after the event occurred. 50% of the victims were sure that “the diffcult life would continue for the time being "and" they had the whole picture of the damage at that time" 10 hours after the event. 50% of the victims were sure that " they were completely safe, " “the" victims thought that "they were not disaster victims any more" after 1000 hours.