@article{ref1,
title="What is Solastalgia and how is it measured? SOS, a validated scale in population exposed to drought and forest fires",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2022",
author="Cáceres, Cristian and Leiva-Bianchi, Marcelo and Serrano, Carlos and Ormazábal, Yony and Mena, Carlos and Cantillana, Juan Carlos",
volume="19",
number="20",
pages="-",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph192013682",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013682"
}