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Personality modifies the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and society support on depression-anxiety-stress in the residents undergone catastrophic flooding in Henan, China

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Jing X., Lu L., Yao Y.

Medycyna Pracy

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2022

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vol. 73

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issue 4

305-314

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Background: To analyze the impact of the flood disasters, social support and personality on the mental health of residents in Henan Province, China, providing fundamental knowledges for making measuring strategies to improve the psychological protection and anti-stress ability of the residents after the disaster. Material and Methods: A cross-section study was conducted via an online survey platform “questionnaire star,” which included 572 residents in Henan Province, which underwent the history of ever flood disaster on July 20. The questionnaires of Impact of Event Scale-Revised Edition (IES-R), Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) and the scales of Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (EPQ-R) version in Chinese were also administered to each participant. Generalized linear regression model was performed. Results: The residents who live in the flooding areas, are male and married had a significantly higher post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) score than their counterparts. The scores of depression-anxiety-stress in the residents with stable emotion were significantly lower than those with unstable emotion (p < 0.001). Machine learning showed that PTSD ranked the top risk factor, followed by neuroticism for Depression-Anxiety-Stress after disaster. The PTSD was negatively correlated with social support (p < 0.01), while it was positively correlated with depression-anxiety-stress and emotional stability (p < 0.01). There was a statistically significant interaction between PTSD, social support and neuroticism on depression-anxiety-stress (p < 0.001), with an independent effect of 1.4% on depression-anxiety-stress. Emotional stability showed the largest association with depression-anxiety-stress. Conclusions: Residents living in the catastrophic flooding areas had significant post-traumatic mental health issues, and the severity of mental problems was differently affected by post-traumatic stress disorder and social support in individuals with different personalities. Introvert and PTSD were the major risk factors for depression-anxiety-stress after the disaster.

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Włocławek water barrage

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Majewski W.

Nauka

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2022

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issue 3

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What determines willingness to take preventive actions in areas experiencing severe flooding?

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Tyszka T., Konieczny R.

Decyzje

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2016

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issue 25

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The present research investigated the perception of the flood threat and willingness of inhabitants of regions experiencing regular severe floods to take preventive actions.Residents of two type of regions were compared: those living in a region protected by flood levees vs. residents living unprotected regions. Inhabitants of the area protected by the levees resulting in the rare experience of flood, perceived probability of flood as lower and reported higher willingness to take preventive actions than inhabitants of the area unprotected by levees. Similarly as in many previous studies personal experience and social norms turned out to be crucial factors in determining self-protective behavior. On the other hand unlike in other studies, we found no relationship between decision makers’ willingness to take preventive actions and factors related to threat appraisal, such as the perceived magnitude of loss and the perceived probability of damage. Finally, we found that the impact of a given factor on willingness to protect oneself against a hazard may depend on the kind of measure of the protective behavior

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The present research investigated the perception of the flood threat and willingness of inhabitants of regions experiencing regular severe floods to take preventive actions.Residents of two type of regions were compared: those living in a region protected by flood levees vs. residents living unprotected regions. Inhabitants of the area protected by the levees resulting in the rare experience of flood, perceived probability of flood as lower and reported higher willingness to take preventive actions than inhabitants of the area unprotected by levees. Similarly as in many previous studies personal experience and social norms turned out to be crucial factors in determining self-protective behavior. On the other hand unlike in other studies, we found no relationship between decision makers’ willingness to take preventive actions and factors related to threat appraisal, such as the perceived magnitude of loss and the perceived probability of damage. Finally, we found that the impact of a given factor on willingness to protect oneself against a hazard may depend on the kind of measure of the protective behavior.The present research investigated the perception of the flood threat and willingness of inhabitants of regions experiencing regular severe floods to take preventive actions.Residents of two type of regions were compared: those living in a region protected by flood levees vs. residents living unprotected regions. Inhabitants of the area protected by the levees resulting in the rare experience of flood, perceived probability of flood as lower and reported higher willingness to take preventive actions than inhabitants of the area unprotected by levees. Similarly as in many previous studies personal experience and social norms turned out to be crucial factors in determining self-protective behavior. On the other hand unlike in other studies, we found no relationship between decision makers’ willingness to take preventive actions and factors related to threat appraisal, such as the perceived magnitude of loss and the perceived probability of damage. Finally, we found that the impact of a given factor on willingness to protect oneself against a hazard may depend on the kind of measure of the protective behavior.

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Evolutionary or equilibrist? Small businesses resilience to flooding in Scotland

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Henderson F., Whittam G.

Studia Miejskie

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2016

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vol. 24

23-41

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Flooding is the most significant current climate change-related threat to the Uk, yet its impact upon small businesses is largely unexplored. This paper investigates the resilience of a small business community in Scotland that has evolved over decades of trading in a flood-prone area. The development of their adaptive strategies is explored in the context of White and o’Hare’s (2014) resilience paradox, which argues that a lack of clarity in the definition of resilience has facilitated vagueness in policy which, whilst maintaining an adaptive optimistic rhetoric, has favoured equilibrist protectionism over evolutionary and transformative approaches. This tension between the equilibristic approach inherent within the civil contingencies act (2004) and the adaptive responses which the climate change adaption act (2009) endeavours to promote is considered in light of the experience of the participating small business owners, who perceive their resilience is threatened by a flood protection measure planned by the local authority. This flood protection measure has been developed despite repeated objections by the local community, and this study presents business owners’ feelings that they are not being consulted adequately or their objections heard. The need to engage communities and work together to develop solutions to climate change threats to facilitate community resilience is discussed.

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Powodzie należą do najbardziej istotnych zagrożeń współczesnych zmian klimatycznych w Wielkiej Brytanii, natomiast ich wpływ na mały biznes jest w dużej mierze niezbadanym obszarem badan. Artykuł bada rezyliencje społeczności małych firm w Szkocji, która ewoluowała przez dziesięciolecia prowadzenia działalności gospodarczej w strefach zagrożonych powodzią. Rozwój adaptacyjnych strategii małego biznesu jest prowadzony w kontekście paradoksu rezyliencji White’a i o’Hare (2014), którzy wskazuje, ze brak przejrzystości w definicji rezyliencji ułatwia nieprecyzyjność w polityce, która zamiast podtrzymywać optymistyczną adaptacyjną retorykę, faworyzuje protekcjonizm równowagi względem podejść ewolucyjnych i transformatywnych. Tego rodzaju konflikt pomiędzy podejściem równowagi właściwym dla civil contingencies act (2004) oraz adaptacyjnym reagowaniem zgodnym z climate change adaption act (2009) prowadzi do podjęcia rozważań w świetle doświadczeń właścicieli małych firm, którzy postrzegają własną rezyliencje jako zagrożona przez działania związane z ochroną przeciwpowodziową planowaną przez lokalne władze. Tego rodzaju działania przeciwpowodziowe zostały rozwinięte pomimo powtarzanych sprzeciwów ze strony społeczności lokalnej, zaś przedstawione badania prezentują odczucia właścicieli małych firm względem pominięcia w procesie konsultacji ich sprzeciwu. W opracowaniu dyskusji została poddana potrzeba zaangażowania społeczności i wspólnej pracy na rzecz wypracowania rozwiązań względem zagrożeń wynikających ze zmian klimatu na rzecz wzmocnienia rezyliencji społeczności.

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Personality modifies the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and society support on depression-anxiety-stress in the residents undergone catastrophic flooding in Henan, China

Włocławek water barrage

What determines willingness to take preventive actions in areas experiencing severe flooding?

Evolutionary or equilibrist? Small businesses resilience to flooding in Scotland