Risk experience, emotions, place identity, and coping strategies in people affected by an unexpected fire

• Fátima Bernardo ^[3] ; Luís Santos ^[1] ; Débora Dias ^[1] ; Mariana Rodrigues ^[2]
  1. [1] Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

     Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

     Socorro, Portugal

     
  2. [2] Universidade de Évora

     Universidade de Évora

     Senhora da Saúde, Portugal

     
  3. [3] Universidade de Évora; CITUA – IST – Universidade de Lisboa

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• Localización: PsyEcology: Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology / Revista Bilingüe de Psicología Ambiental, ISSN-e 1989-9386, ISSN 2171-1976, Vol. 11, Nº. 1, 2020, págs. 130-147
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2019.1643986
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Experiencia de riesgo, emociones, identidad de lugar y estrategias de afrontamiento en personas afectadas por un incendio inesperado
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    Este estudio pretende aclarar la influencia de la experiencia de riesgo sobre las emociones y las estrategias de afrontamiento subsiguientes a un incendio inesperado. Se centró sobre los habitantes de la isla de Madeira, en la que había tenido lugar recientemente un incendio altamente destructivo. Se compararon dos grupos (personas afectadas directamente por el incendio y personas no afectadas) para estudiar su percepción de riesgo, emociones y estrategias de afrontamiento, y para explorar las variables que podrían ayudar a explicar las estrategias de afrontamiento de cada grupo. Los resultados muestran que las personas directamente afectadas por el incendio manifestaron niveles superiores de estrategias de afrontamiento activas, como el análisis y la prevención. Las mujeres mostraron niveles más altos de miedo y menos uso de estrategias de afrontamiento activas. Los resultados también revelan que la ira, la identidad local y la experiencia en incendios predecía tanto la forma de afrontamiento preventiva como la forma de afrontamiento de análisis. Sin embargo, solo la identidad local predecía la delegación del afrontamiento, y solo el miedo predecía el afrontamiento por negación.

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    This study is intended to elucidate the impact of the experience of risk on emotions and coping strategies following an unexpected fire. It looked at residents of the Island of Madeira, where a highly destructive fire had recently occurred. Two groups were compared (people who had been affected directly by the fire event and others who had not) in order to study their risk perception, emotions and coping strategies, and to explore the variables that might contribute to explaining each group’s coping strategies.

    The results showed that people affected directly by the fire reported higher levels of active coping strategies, such as analysis and prevention. Women displayed higher levels of fear and less use of active coping strategies. The results also revealed that anger, local identity and fire experience predicted both analysis and prevention forms of coping. However, coping delegation was only predicted by local identity, and coping denial just by fear.

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