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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Psychology
  • Risk Management
  • Sociology of Energy

Background:

  • Energy projects pose external risks often beyond individual control.
  • People face challenges coping with risks like earthquakes induced by gas extraction.
  • Understanding coping mechanisms for these risks is crucial for community well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how individuals cope with externally controlled risks from energy projects.
  • To investigate factors influencing emotion-focused, self-focused, and others-focused coping strategies.
  • To differentiate and analyze coping intentions in response to induced earthquakes.

Main Methods:

  • Empirical study analyzing coping intentions.
  • Distinguished between emotion-focused, self-focused, and others-focused coping.
  • Investigated influence of emotion types (morality-based vs. consequence-based) on coping.

Main Results:

  • Three distinct coping strategies (emotion-focused, self-focused, others-focused) were empirically validated.
  • Individuals predominantly engage in others-focused coping.
  • Morality-based emotions correlate with others-focused coping; consequence-based emotions correlate with self- and emotion-focused coping.

Conclusions:

  • Coping with energy project risks is multifaceted, involving emotional and problem-focused strategies.
  • The type of emotion experienced significantly predicts the chosen coping mechanism.
  • Findings inform strategies for managing publicPerception and engagement regarding energy-related risks.