11:15-12:30 | Room 708 (7F)
Saturday Session II General Psychology Session Chair: Othman Alkhadher 45392
11:15-11:40 | Room 708 (7F)
A Comparative Psychological Survey on 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes Kun Qian, Kyushu University, Japan Yukyong Jeong, Kyushu University, Japan Michikazu Hiramatsu, Kyushu University, Japan
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes are a series of earthquakes occurred in April, 2016. With a magnitude 7.0 mainshock, the earthquakes directly killed 50 people and caused huge losses in Kumamoto and Oita Prefectures. Many volunteer activities were organized after the earthquakes by the general public as well as college students who lost their campus in Minami-Aso village of Kumamoto. In the present research, we conducted a questionnaire-based psychological survey among different groups of college students, including the volunteer students in Kumamoto, as well as non-volunteer students in Kumamoto, Fukuoka, Kobe, Tokyo, and Sendai. The results showed that the understanding of and the attitude to Aso area (one of the main quake-hit areas), earthquake disaster, and reconstruction were related to the distance to disaster area. Besides the volunteer students in Kumamoto who have the highest consciousness, other students at universities in Kyushu Region showed more concerns than who lived outside of Kyushu. 44846
11:40-12:05 | Room 708 (7F)
Social Support and Life Satisfaction of Burns Survivors: Relationship with Demographics Noshi Iram Zaman Khan, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan Shazia Yusuf, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan Samina Kausar, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Burn survivors are facing many challenges which are affecting their life satisfaction. Even at discharge from hospital, majority of burn survivors reported extra misery and lesser satisfaction with life than the normative samples (Patterson, Ptacek, Cromes, Fauerbach, & Engrav, 2000). Present study was conducted to study the social support and life satisfaction, with specific role of demographic among burn survivors. 60 participants (26 males, 34 females) with an age range of 15-70 years were taken from the Rawalpindi and Islamabad (Pakistan) burn centers. Life satisfaction was assessed with Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) (Mussaffa, Ghani & Khan, 2014) and social support was assessed with Multi-dimensional Scale for Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) (Akhtar et. al, 2010). It was hypothesized that there is a significant positive relationship between life satisfaction and social support among burn survivors. Results revealed that the there is a significant positive relationship between the life satisfaction and multidimensional scale of perceived social support (including significant others, family support and friends support). There are no significant differences on life satisfaction and social support among male and female burn survivors. The level of life satisfaction is significantly high among those females burn survivors who got burn with the thermal whereas dissatisfaction is high among chemical burn survivors, whereas the level of life satisfaction is not significantly different among males burn survivors having different types of burns. The present study results help in providing an awareness to the doctors and caregivers of burn survivors about the importance of social support in increasing life satisfaction among burn survivors. 44757
12:05-12:30 | Room 708 (7F)
Demographic Variables Predicting ISIS Al-Qaeda and Daesh Armed Political Violence Othman Alkhadher, Kuwait University, Kuwait
In line with the previous findings and given the extant theories and literature on the psychology of violence, this paper investigates whether there is a link between armed political violence and certain demographic variables of an offender, namely age, income, educational level, family size, birth order, number of children, behavioral change, and rigidity. No decisive trend emerged from the results of previous studies. The study also assesses the possible differences in armed political violence, rigidity, and behavioral change between those who showed positive behavioral changes during their imprisonment and those who did not. The study recruited 30 members of ISIS and AlQaeda held in Kuwait’s Central Prison convicted for different crimes, all pertaining to terrorism. Their verdicts ranged from 3 years to life sentences, and one prisoner was issued the death penalty. The results showed significant negative correlations between armed political violence, income, education, and behavioral change, and a positive correlation between armed political violence and rigidity. No significant correlation was found with regard to age, number of children, family size, or birth order. The overall multiple correlation coefficient revealed that 77% of the variance in armed political violence could be explained significantly by rigidity alone. Additionally, those who showed positive change in their behavior had scored significantly less armed political violence compared with those who showed no change. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings were discussed.
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