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Help seeking behaviors: This study examined if individuals saw at least one of the
following professionals or non-professional people for coping with any types of
stress associated with the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster: psychiatrist,
physician, nurse, counselor, social worker, school counselor, family members and
friends residing in U.S. or Japan, and others.
4. Geographic distance: The DSM-V clarifies that proximity or having a close
family member or friend impacted by the trauma might cause PTSD. This study
tested if the distance from the epicenter of the earthquake was associated with
psychological and psychosomatic symptoms among people. The distance
measured by a the straight line, on a 2-dimenstional map, between the epicenter of
the Great East Japan Earthquake and each of locations identified by postal zip
codes of survey participants. The Japanese zip code were converted to latitude
and longitude with convert software offered by the Japan Geographic Data Canter
(Japan Geographic Data Center, 2015). The geographic location of the epicenter
used for this study is 381919N (38.10333)1422208E (142.86) reported by the
Japan Meteorological Agency (2011). Then the participants latitude and
longitude were inserted to a formula calculating the distance
=ACOS(COS(RADIANS(90-38.10333))*COS(RADIANS(90-Latitude of the
participant))+SIN(RADIANS(90-Lat38.10333))*SIN(RADIANS(90-latitude of
the participant))*COS(RADIANS(142.86-longitude of the participant)))*6371.
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Anticipated Results
This study was anticipated to show that people experience psychological and/or
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