TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - What is Solastalgia and how is it measured? SOS, a validated scale in population exposed to drought and forest fires
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Cáceres, Cristian
A1  - Leiva-Bianchi, Marcelo
A1  - Serrano, Carlos
A1  - Ormazábal, Yony
A1  - Mena, Carlos
A1  - Cantillana, Juan Carlos
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VL  - 19
IS  - 20
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013682
ID  - ref1
ER  -