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Citation |
Cáceres C, Leiva-Bianchi M, Serrano C, Ormazábal Y, Mena C, Cantillana JC. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022; 19(20). |
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(Copyright © 2022, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) |
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36294261 |
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Abstract |
Solastalgia is a recent concept that refers to disruptive psychological responses in people exposed to environmental degradation. The aim of this study was to determine the number of dimensions solastalgia has using a sample of people exposed to the effects of climate change in the coastal dry land of Maule region, Chile. In order to achieve this, a Scale Of Solastalgia (SOS) was designed and then validated, by means of applying it to 223 inhabitants at the municipalities of Pencahue (n = 105) and Curepto (n = 118), who were also evaluated by the Short Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Rating Interview (SPRINT-E). Using robust validation methods (Parallel factor analysis and Omega), two dimensions were obtained for solastalgia: solace and algia. Both correlate with the SPRINT-E scale (r = 0.150, p < 0.01 and r = 0.359, p < 0.01, respectively) and have 58% sensitivity and 67% specificity to detect cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Like PTSD, solastalgia is related to psychopathologies expected after disasters and also presents a spatial pattern where the concentration of positive cases occurs in places of greater exposure to environmental change or degradation. Language: en |
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Keywords |
Humans; PTSD; environment; climate change; *Disasters; *Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/psychology; *Fires; *Wildfires; algia; Climate Change; Droughts; solace; SOS |