Emotional distress related to hazards and earthquake risk perception
| dc.contributor.author | Ionescu, Daniela | |
| dc.contributor.author | Iacob, Claudia Iuliana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Avram, Eugen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-05T09:53:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-05T09:53:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | The author Daniela Ionescu is affiliated to SNSPA, Faculty of Political Science. The article is available on Springer Link website at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-021-04911-6 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper aimed to investigate emotional distress related to hazards (EDH) considering appraisals and personal resources from cognitive appraisal theory in a sample of Bucharest inhabitants periodically exposed to earthquakes (EQ). The sample consisted of 336 respondents (M = 33.71 years old, SD = 13.71, 64.6% females). The hierarchical regression model revealed that discomfort of living space, a personal resource, was the strongest predictor of EDH (β = .18, t(313) = 3.09, p < .01), closely followed by appraisals or risk perception variables: hazards anticipation (β = .17, t(316) = 2.11, p < .05) and negative EQ consequences (β = .13, t(316) = 2.28, p < .05). The overall model explained 17% of the variance of EDH. This study shows that the cognitive appraisal theory can be successfully used to explain the EDH of citizens living in an earthquake-prone city. Also, it emphasizes that earthquake-related factors can be relevant when discussing EDH levels of people in cities experiencing recurrent earthquakes. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ionescu, D. et al. (2021). Emotional distress related to hazards and earthquake risk perception. Natural hazards, 109(3), 2077-2094. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04911-6 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04911-6 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://debdfdsi.snspa.ro/handle/123456789/557 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Springer Nature | |
| dc.subject | Risk perception | |
| dc.subject | Earthquake | |
| dc.subject | Bucharest | |
| dc.title | Emotional distress related to hazards and earthquake risk perception | |
| dc.type | Article |