Disaster resilience refers to an individual's mental and physical capacity to endure ongoing challenges while continuing to function and contribute to their community's recovery and personal well-being. This paper aims to identify and analyze the common themes of disaster stressors, coping strategies, and self-care practices among adult survivors in a local context following a disaster. Over a hundred adult participants participated in focus group discussions. Participants consisted of public school teachers and local government unit personnels from the Municipality of Del Carmen, Siargao Island in the province of Surigao Del Norte, Philippines. They participated in psychosocial interventions, training and workshops. The data gathered from the Focus Group Discussion were derived through subgroup reports and presentations to the assembly. The results highlight themes such as financial issues, work, and family as the most significant sources of stress among the adult survivors while the frequency in which themes like friends, music, and listening suggests that their self-care practices place a high value on social contacts and auditory engagement. Furthermore, the results indicate that adult survivors employ unique coping strategies, potentially influenced by cultural factors such as the support of family and friends which reflects a strong sense of resiliency among Filipino adult survivors based on the thematic analysis. Therefore, these analyses conclude that disaster resilience comes from the experiences of adult survivors including disaster stressors, coping strategies, and self-care practice.

Authors:
Diosdado Quiamno Jr, De La Salle University, Philippines

About the Presenter(s)
Mr Quiamno is currently the career development counselor for the Student Success Center of De La Salle University, Manila. He is currently focused on providing career preparation programs for university students.

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