@article{ref1,
title="Emotional distress related to hazards and earthquake risk perception",
journal="Natural hazards",
year="2021",
author="Ionescu, Daniela and Iacob, Claudia Iuliana and Avram, Eugen and Armaş, Iuliana",
volume="109",
number="3",
pages="2077-2094",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0921-030X",
doi="10.1007/s11069-021-04911-6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04911-6"
}