气候变化和极端天气灾害:疏散压力与年轻人的体质抱怨有关
Annette M La Greca1, Evan T Burdette1, Kaitlyn E Brodar1
1Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States.
Frontiers in psychology
|July 10, 2023
概括
从像风伊尔玛这样的灾难中撤离的压力因素与青年人增加的心理痛苦和体质投诉有关. 用灾难计划和压力管理技能为家庭做好准备对于减轻这些健康影响至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
- 灾难医学 灾难医学
背景情况:
- 气候变化增加了极端天气事件,迫使家庭撤离.
- 疏散是压力很大的,并与心理困扰有关,但对儿童健康的影响还未得到充分研究.
- 风伊尔玛促使大规模疏散,为研究疏散对年轻人的影响提供了背景.
研究的目的:
- 检查疏散压力因素,风暴露和青年体质投诉之间的独特关联.
- 调查青少年心理困扰是否调解了疏散/风经历和体质投诉之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 在佛罗里达州南部进行了一项对226名母亲及其孩子 (年龄在7-17岁) 的研究,这是在风伊尔玛发生三个月后进行的.
- 标准化措施评估了疏散压力因素,风暴露 (生命威胁,损失/破坏),青年心理困扰和体质投诉.
- 结构方程建模分析了这些因素的直接和间接影响.
主要成果:
- 更大的疏散压力因素与增加的青少年心理痛苦有显著的关联.
- 增加的心理压力与年轻人更多的体质投诉密切相关.
- 疏散压力因素,生命威胁和损失/破坏都间接与通过心理痛苦的体质投诉有关.
结论:
- 灾难的威胁和随后的疏散可能会在儿童中引发心理和身体健康症状.
- 积极的准备,包括对脆弱地区的家庭进行灾害规划和压力管理教育,是必不可少的.
- 旨在减少年轻人的痛苦和改善应对机制的干预措施对于减轻灾难疏散对健康的影响至关重要.
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