Jong Wouter, Dückers Michel L A, van der Velden Peter G
Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Nivel - Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2021 Mar 10;12(1):1833645. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2020.1833645.
: During times of crisis, mayors may play an important role as public leaders and providers of social support to affected residents. However, empirical studies have not yet been conducted among the involved mayors about the support they provide and the factors associated with it. : The aim is to examine the support the mayors provided to the affected residents during crises and to test the possible determinants of this support. : A web-based survey developed for this study, including a modified version of the Social Support Survey, was filled by 266 Dutch mayors (response = 66.5%), of whom 231 were involved in at least one crisis in their community in the past five years. We examined the association between the perceived support provided by the mayors and their years of experience, demographics, municipality size, and assessment of the collective impact of the crisis and their own political responsibility. Moreover, we tested the probability of mayoral home visits based on the same factors as well as loss of life. : All of the involved Dutch mayors reported providing support, which varied from lending a listening ear to discussing public ceremonies and remembrances with the affected and their families. The mayors' age, sex, municipality size, and years of experience were not significantly related to the perceived social support provision or willingness to reach out to affected citizens. Apart from fatalities linked to the crisis, none of the factors tested had a significant effect on the probability of mayors making home visits. : Mayors are likely to report positively on how they provided social support to residents during crises regardless of the factors considered. Mayors are most likely to conduct home visits in situations where one or more citizens died. Further validation and replication of the social support measurement instrument is needed.
在危机时期，市长作为公共领导者以及为受影响居民提供社会支持的人，可能发挥重要作用。然而，尚未对相关市长提供的支持及其相关因素进行实证研究。
目的是考察市长在危机期间向受影响居民提供的支持，并检验这种支持的可能决定因素。
为本研究开发的一项基于网络的调查，包括社会支持调查的修改版，由266名荷兰市长填写（回复率 = 66.5%），其中231人在过去五年中其所在社区至少经历过一次危机。我们研究了市长感知到的支持与其工作年限、人口统计学特征、市政规模、对危机集体影响的评估以及他们自身政治责任之间的关联。此外，我们基于相同因素以及死亡人数测试了市长进行家访的可能性。
所有参与调查的荷兰市长都报告称提供了支持，支持形式多样，从倾听诉求到与受影响者及其家人讨论公共仪式和纪念活动。市长的年龄、性别、市政规模和工作年限与感知到的社会支持提供情况或接触受影响公民的意愿并无显著关联。除了与危机相关的死亡人数外，所测试的因素均未对市长进行家访的可能性产生显著影响。
无论考虑哪些因素，市长们可能都会积极报告他们在危机期间如何向居民提供社会支持。市长最有可能在有一名或多名公民死亡的情况下进行家访。社会支持测量工具需要进一步验证和重复使用。
