Department of Sociology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816-1360, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2012 Jun;22(6):801-9. doi: 10.1177/1049732311432719. Epub 2012 Jan 9.
In this study, I uncovered the dynamics involved in the exchange (or lack) of social support among a group of Puerto Ricans who experienced a natural disaster. I coded and analyzed 12 semistructured qualitative interviews. My analysis of the interviews revealed that a reported high degree of need was not associated with any type of help seeking from the respondents' social support networks. Relevant issues that arose in explaining the lack of social support exchanges were level of comfort in help seeking and cultural issues. My findings point to the importance of culture in shaping patterns of help-seeking behavior in the aftermath of a disaster. Two of the most salient cultural explanations as to why disaster victims were reluctant to ask for help from family and friends were the issues of confianza (trust) and pena (embarrassment). I discuss the results with reference to how they might help in planning and establishing programs to maximize help seeking among Latinos/as in an emergency situation.
在这项研究中，我揭示了一群经历自然灾害的波多黎各人之间社会支持（或缺乏）交换所涉及的动态。我对 12 次半结构化定性访谈进行了编码和分析。我对访谈的分析表明，报告的高需求程度与受访者的社会支持网络中任何类型的寻求帮助都没有关联。在解释缺乏社会支持交流时出现的相关问题是寻求帮助的舒适度和文化问题。我的发现指出了文化在塑造灾难后寻求帮助行为模式方面的重要性。有两个最突出的文化解释，说明为什么灾难受害者不愿意向家人和朋友寻求帮助，一个是信任问题，另一个是尴尬问题。我根据这些结果讨论了它们如何帮助规划和建立计划，以在紧急情况下最大限度地提高拉丁裔寻求帮助的意愿。
