本文主要是根據中央研究院社會學研究所社會意向小組而進行的「九二一災後民眾社會心理之研究」調查，這個調查於一九九九年十一月十五日至二十四日間進行以電話訪問方式成功地訪問了一O一四位災區居民。調查等範圍是九二一地震中受創嚴重的中部縣市。根據詳細深入分析，從這份調查，我們大致發現四項值得注意的狀況:一、災區民眾，不論是災民或非災民，在地震後顯示對助人態度的樂觀看去，認為社會上願意幫助別人的比例比在震災前所做的調查高出許多。二、災民對個人的經濟、生活品質、和未來一兩年的前途顯著地感到悲觀，然而對整體社會的經濟、治安乃至整個臺灣社會的發展都和災區非災民情況相似，並不會特別悲觀。三、災民的夫妻關係，在地震後一方面有比地震前變得好的情形，但在災民中也有明顯的惡化趨勢。至於和其他家人的關係則變好的趨勢更為明顯，變得不好的比例很低。四、九二一大地震確實使許多民眾遭到心理的創傷，災民比起非災民有較高的比例，災民的心理復健顯然是很迫切需要的。我們進一步的分析，發現災民高創傷組對個人的經濟、生活品質和未來一兩年生活都非常悲觀。災區的非災民也有相當比例的因震災而心理創傷嚴重。

　　　　　This is an analytical report of a survey project by Social Image Research Group of Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica on the social psychological responses of residents in disaster areas of earthquake. The telephone interview was conducted from November 15 to 24. 1014 residents of the area were interviewed. Based on survey data, we find that: (1) the residents of disaster areas, both the quake victims and ordinary people show their positive attitude to helping behavior, and it is very different from Taiwanese people to respond to the same question before the earthquake. (2) The victims of the earthquake express their pessimistic expectation about personal economic situation, quality of life, and the recent future, but they are optimistic regarding economy, public security, and the future of the whole society. (3) More husband-wife relations become better, while some fewer gets worse. Other familial relations become better. (4) Many residents show post disaster trauma syndromes. Quake victims are more serious than other residents in this respect. However, other residents who were hurt psychologically by the earthquake show pessimistic attitude to personal economy, quality of life, and the recent future.