Abstract—In this paper, the influence of social support and
impression management on the well-being of flood victims in
Malaysia will be discussed. The paper starts with a definition of
all the variables. Literature review so far shows that there is a
limited research on victims of flood disaster in Malaysia. This
paper will explore perceptions of flood victims toward social
support provided by the government and analyze flood victims’
well-being and impression management. Finally, a conceptual
framework will be proposed in accordance with the flood
situation in Malaysia. The conceptual framework includes three
main ideas, namely social support, impression management and
well-being. This paper contributes to the study of disaster by
providing a conceptual framework, which can be used to
further investigate variables that influenced well-being because
of disaster.
Index Terms—Well-Being, social support, impression
management, disaster
Nur Haffiza Binti Rahaman and Che Su Binti Mustaffa are with the
Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia (e-mail: budakampung87@yahoo.com;
chesu402@uum.edu.my).
Mohd Taib Ariffin is with the University Pendidikan Sultan Idris,
Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia (e-mail: taib@upsi.edu.my).
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Cite:Nur Haffiza Binti Rahaman, Che Su Mustaffa, and Taib Ariffin, "Social Support, Impression Management and Well-Being
Following a Disaster: A Literature Review and Some
Conceptual Considerations," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 44-47, 2014.