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Aditi Mankad¹, Kerry Collins², Walter Okello³

¹CSIRO Environment, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. aditi.mankad@csiro.au.

Scientific reports

|February 11, 2026

Resumen

Australia Australia es el nombre de Australia.

Área de la Ciencia:

Salud Ambiental Salud del medio ambiente.
Psicología Psicología Psicología.
Bioseguridad de la bioseguridad.

Sus antecedentes:

El este de Australia se enfrentó a una severa plaga de ratones en 2020-21, causando un daño económico significativo.
Las consecuencias para la salud mental de tales infestaciones de plagas a gran escala siguen siendo en gran medida desconocidas.
Comprender los impactos psicosociales es crucial para el bienestar de la comunidad durante los eventos de bioseguridad.

Objetivo del estudio:

Cuantificar y modelar los impactos psicosociales de la plaga de ratones de 2021.
Para medir el estrés psicológico continuo dos años después del evento.
Proporcionar información sobre los impactos sociales y el bienestar mental durante una incursión importante en la bioseguridad.

Principales métodos:

Se administró una encuesta en línea a 1.691 participantes.
Las métricas psicosociales clave incluyeron rasgos psicológicos, estados emocionales, percepciones de impacto social, sistemas de apoyo y percepción de amenazas.
Se utilizó un modelo de trayectoria parcialmente mediada para analizar los datos.

Principales resultados:

El modelo explicó el 74% de la variabilidad en la gravedad percibida del impacto y el estrés continuo.
La severidad del impacto fue influenciada principalmente por los costos de respuesta, la depresión y el disgusto por el olor de ratón.
Los síntomas depresivos durante la plaga y el miedo a futuras plagas fueron predictores clave del estrés continuo.

Conclusiones:

Este estudio ofrece datos empíricos sobre los impactos sociales agudos y el estrés psicológico crónico de las incursiones de plagas.
Los impactos sociales, a menudo pasados por alto, son vitales para comprender los efectos comunitarios, especialmente en las regiones dependientes de la agricultura.
Los hallazgos destacan la necesidad de abordar la salud mental junto con los factores económicos y sociales en la gestión de la bioseguridad.

Palabras clave:

Australia Australia es el nombre de Australia.Bioseguridad de la bioseguridad.El cultivo de la agricultura.La incursión de la plaga de plagas.Actitudes del público Las actitudes del público Ciencias sociales Ciencias sociales.

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