THE January 2010 EarthQUAKE In Haïti: social SUPPORT, rEsilience, AND Well-Being In Surviving adults
This article analyzes the resilience level in adult survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti in relation to social support. A sample of 1,355 adults completed the Resilience Scale and the Social Support Questionnaire. The results showed that 58.52 % of them have a level of resilience between moderately high and very high and strong links between social support satisfaction and resilience. Clinically, it shows the importance of helping natural disasters survivors to identify social resources and build strong social ties in order to engage in a resilient process.