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Olmos-Gómez MDC, Portillo-Sánchez R, Mohamed-Mohand L, Estrada-Vidal LI. Promotion of Values Education (Factors Involved in Prosocial Behaviors and Volunteering). Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ 2024; 14:411-431. [PMID: 38391495 PMCID: PMC10888140 DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe14020028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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(1) Background: Prosocial behavior aligns with the current societal model, where human values hold greater importance considering cultural, social, and personal variables that may influence the opportunity to benefit others. Hence, the objective of this research was established: to understand how diverse factors influence the values of young people, aiming to promote education and enhance prosocial behavior. (2) Methods: This study is quantitative research employing an empirical-analytical, cross-sectional social research method. A validated instrument was used with a sample of 1702 individuals from the city of Melilla, noteworthy for its multicultural context due to its location in North Africa. (3) Results: Inferential analysis was conducted using multiple linear regression to predict future behaviors, focusing on the factors influencing values. Various models were employed, incorporating twelve variables and four scales: sociability, transcendence, culture, and effects. (4) Conclusions: The results and conclusions suggest the need to enhance affect and sociability, primarily among the most prominent factors.
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- María Del Carmen Olmos-Gómez
- Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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Yang JZ, Dong X. Monkeypox outbreak: Psychological distance, risk perception, and support for risk mitigation. J Health Psychol 2024; 29:15-27. [PMID: 37338133 DOI: 10.1177/13591053231180457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023] Open
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Building on construal level theory, results from a survey based on a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults (N = 1000) indicate an indirect effect of social distance and temporal distance perception on emotional response, policy support, and vaccination intention through risk perception. This study also reveals that social dominance orientation contributes to perceived psychological distance of the monkeypox outbreak. These results suggest that communication about a public health crisis such as monkeypox needs to emphasize its broader community impact, rather than focusing on the primary population affected.
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Wong JCS, Yang JZ, Liu Z. It's the Thoughts That Count: How Psychological Distance and Affect Heuristic Influence Support for Aid Response Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2023; 38:2702-2710. [PMID: 35941732 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2109394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Guided by construal level-theory, this research seeks to understand the effect of perceived psychological distance on emotions and risk perception associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in its early stage. Survey data were collected from a nationally representative U.S. adult sample (N = 1009) in April 2020. Results reveal that social distance was negatively related to emotions and risk perception. However, hypothetical distance was not significantly related to these variables. Emotions and risk perception also mediated the relationship between social distance and support for aid response measures; theoretically, we demonstrate that people evaluate risks contingent on their emotions when making decisions. This research contributes to extant literature on psychological distance and its utility in communication messaging design during public health crises.
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- Department of Communication, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
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- Department of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai Jiaotong University
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Politi E, Van Assche J, Lüders A, Sankaran S, Anderson J, Green EG. Does threat trigger prosociality? The relation between basic individual values, threat appraisals, and prosocial helping intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2023:1-13. [PMID: 37359649 PMCID: PMC10262135 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-023-04829-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Prosociality is often considered as quintessential in coping with the threats of health emergencies. As previous research has suggested, prosocial behaviors are shaped by both dispositional factors and situational cues about the helping situation. In the present research, we investigated whether "bonding" types of prosociality, helping directed towards close others within one's social network, and "bridging" types of prosociality, helping directed towards vulnerable people across group boundaries, are predicted by basic individual values and threat appraisals concerning COVID-19. During the pandemic, we conducted a cross-sectional study in the US and India (Ntotal = 954), using the Schwartz value inventory and a multifaceted measure of threat assessment to predict prosocial helping intentions. After controlling for other value and threat facets, self-transcendence values and threat for vulnerable groups uniquely predicted both bonding and bridging types of prosociality. Furthermore, threat for vulnerable groups partially mediated the effect of self-transcendence on prosocial helping intentions: People who endorsed self-transcendent values were particularly concerned by the effect of the pandemic on vulnerable groups, and thus willing to engage in prosocial behaviours to help those in need. Our findings support the idea that prosociality is stimulated by empathic concerns towards others in need and underline the importance for future research to consider the broad spectrum of threats appraised by people during health emergencies. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-023-04829-1.
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- Emanuele Politi
- Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Faculty of Psychology & Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Tiensestraat 102 B, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Department of Communication Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Center for Social Cognitive Studies, Jagiellonian University Krakow, Kraków, Poland
- Psychology institute, Sai University, Channai, India
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- School of Behavioral and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Queensland, Australia
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- Laboratory of Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Putra IE, Shadiqi MA. Understanding the supporters and opponents of Myanmar's civil disobedience movement against the military coup in 2021. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/casp.2645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Idhamsyah Eka Putra
- Faculty of Psychology Persada Indonesia University Jakarta Indonesia
- Division for Applied Social Psychology Research Jakarta Indonesia
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- Psychology Study Program, Medical Faculty Universitas Lambung Mangkurat Banjarbaru Indonesia
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Jiang H, Zhang Y, Guo W, Cheng W, Peng J. Online Collaborative Documents as Media Logic: The Mediatization of Risk Response in the Post-pandemic Era. Front Psychol 2022; 13:892569. [PMID: 35814134 PMCID: PMC9260903 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.892569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Online collaborative documents (OCDs) have previously been the focus of office efficiency, but today they can be a special approach to risk response in public health and natural disaster situations. Studying the mediatization of the risk response by OCDs can help us understand the interaction between digital technologies, online users, and emotions in a post-pandemic world. A mixed-method design involving online ethnography and focus groups was employed to discuss OCD performance during the 2021 Henan flood. The empirical results indicate that four dimensions of technological affordances (i.e., editability, accessibility, activability, and normability) connected the functional features of the digital platform with users’ potential actions. Risk communication as a contextual element of media exposure and discursive practice provided a participatory and constructive framework for users’ gathering. Therefore, affective ties including anxiety, fear, and encouragement supported the affective publics’ mass deliberation and social mobilization. These findings provide an institutional lens for mediatization research to view OCD as media logic and reveal some methods that can be referred to for risk management and humanistic concerns globally.
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- Hao Jiang
- Institute of Journalism and Communication, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Hao Jiang,
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- Institute of Journalism and Communication, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- School of Communication and Design, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Journalism and Communication, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Journalism and Communication, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Ahmed AM, Rasool S, Prentice C, Ahmad MH. Beliefs about the factors that motivate prosocial sentiments among people in the privileged class of Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic. THE JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES 2022; 78:JOSI12506. [PMID: 35942485 PMCID: PMC9348291 DOI: 10.1111/josi.12506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Drawing upon the theories of empathy-altruism and planned behavior, this study investigated beliefs about the factors that motivate prosocial sentiments among people in the privileged class of Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic. In-depth interviews were conducted with 31 participants who were deemed to be members of the privileged class within the class system of Pakistan. The results revealed nine themes including social interaction, peer influence, role models, collectivism, vicarious emotions, religiosity, capability, volition, and education.
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- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and TechnologyTopi, SwabiPakistan
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- Department of Marketing, Griffith Business School, Griffith Institute for TourismGriffith UniversityAustralia
- University of Southern Queensland
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Vezzali L, Hodgett D, Liu L, Pettersson K, Stefaniak A, Trifiletti E, Wakefield JRH. The societal relevance of communities in the
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‐19 era. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/casp.2614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Loris Vezzali
- Faculty of Medicine University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia Italy
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- School of Psychology Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand
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- School of Psychology Beijing Normal University Beijing China
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- Department of Psychology Carleton University Ottawa Canada
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Adena M, Harke J. COVID-19 and pro-sociality: How do donors respond to local pandemic severity, increased salience, and media coverage? EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS 2022; 25:824-844. [PMID: 35475266 PMCID: PMC9026041 DOI: 10.1007/s10683-022-09753-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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UNLABELLED Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected pro-sociality among individuals? After the onset of the pandemic, many charitable appeals were updated to include a reference to COVID-19. Did donors increase their giving in response to such changes? In order to answer these questions, we conducted a real-donation online experiment with more than 4200 participants from 149 local areas in England and over 21 weeks. First, we varied the fundraising appeal to either include or exclude a reference to COVID-19. We found that including the reference to COVID-19 in the appeal increased donations. Second, in a natural experiment-like approach, we studied how the relative local severity of the pandemic and media coverage about local COVID-19 severity affected giving in our experiment. We found that both higher local severity and more related articles increased giving of participants in the respective areas. This holds for different specifications, including specifications with location fixed effects, time fixed effects, a broad set of individual characteristics to account for a potentially changing composition of the sample over time and to account for health- and work-related experiences with and expectations regarding the pandemic. While negative experiences with COVID-19 correlate negatively with giving, both approaches led us to conclude that the pure effect of increased salience of the pandemic on pro-sociality is positive. Despite the shift in public attention toward the domestic fight against the pandemic and away from developing countries' challenges, we found that preferences did not shift toward giving more to a national project and less to developing countries. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10683-022-09753-y.
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- Maja Adena
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB Berlin, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany
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- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB Berlin, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany
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Espinosa JC, Antón C, Grueso Hinestroza MP. Helping Others Helps Me: Prosocial Behavior and Satisfaction With Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Front Psychol 2022; 13:762445. [PMID: 35153950 PMCID: PMC8828552 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.762445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Prosocial behavior (PsB) and its effects have been analyzed in times of crisis and natural disasters, although never before in the face of such exceptional circumstances as those created by the COVID-19 pandemic. This research analyzes the role of PsB on satisfaction with life (SWL) in Colombia, considering the negative emotional impact of events that began in February 2020. We conduct an exploratory analysis using a sample of Colombia’s general population (N = 2,574; 53.2% women) with an average age of 44.66 years (SD = 15.36). Using the Classification Tree technique, we find that engaging in one or more PsBs (e.g., donating money or sharing food) enhances SWL and decreases the impact of negative emotions such as pessimism, indecisiveness, and irritability that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings are significant because they confirm the importance of life satisfaction as a personal resource for coping with complex situations and provide evidence of the benefits of PsB on one’s wellbeing.
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- Juan C Espinosa
- School of Business and Management, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Social Psychology and Anthropology, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Jiang Y, Yao Y, Zhu X, Wang S. The Influence of College Students' Empathy on Prosocial Behavior in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Social Responsibility. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:782246. [PMID: 34925107 PMCID: PMC8674939 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.782246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Prosocial behavior has played an irreplaceable role during the COVID-19 pandemic, not only in infection prevention and control, but also in improving individual mental health. The current study was conducted after COVID-19 control was under the stage of Ongoing Prevention and Control in China. Using the Interpersonal Response Scale, Prosocial Tendencies Measure and Big Five Personality Questionnaire. In total, 898 college students participated in the current study (Mage = 19.50, SDage = 1.05, Age range = 16-24). The result showed that against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic, college students' social responsibility partially mediated the relationship between empathy and prosocial behavior. This study provides new insights and inspiration for improving college students' mental health in the context of the pandemic.
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- Yanfei Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health of Gansu Province, Department of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
- Department of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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Yue Z, Zhang R, Xiao J. Passive social media use and psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of social comparison and emotion regulation. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2021; 127:107050. [PMID: 34646057 PMCID: PMC8499034 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2021.107050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Social media browsing is commonly seen as a trigger of unhealthy social comparison (i.e., upward contrast), which negatively affects well-being. One underlying assumption is the predominance of positive self-presentation on social media, which may have shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic when negative disclosures have become more prevalent. In this study, we conceptualize social comparison as a multi-dimensional construct based on different comparing targets and processes, and explore how individual (i.e., cognitive reappraisal) and contextual (i.e., quarantine status) factors may influence the relationships among passive social media use, social comparison and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on a survey with 1131 Wuhan residents in China, we found that passive social media use was positively related to both upward contrast and downward identification, which in turn predicted a higher level of stress. Cognitive reappraisal was negatively associated with unhealthy social comparison (i.e., upward contrast and downward identification) but was positively related to healthy social comparison such as upward identification. Quarantined people tended to report more upward contrast, especially when they engaged in more frequent social media browsing. This study contributes to the larger debate about the impact of social media on mental health and offers practical implications.
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- Zhiying Yue
- Department of Communication, University at Buffalo, USA
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- Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, USA
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- Center for Studies of Media Development, School of Journalism and Communication, Wuhan University, China
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Diotaiuti P, Valente G, Mancone S. Development and Preliminary Italian Validation of the Emergency Response and Psychological Adjustment Scale. Front Psychol 2021; 12:687514. [PMID: 34421737 PMCID: PMC8376143 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.687514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Evaluating the personal adaptation response to the emergency situations is very important for the prevention of mental distress, for the activation of network and community synergies and for the planning and implementation of appropriate psycho-social interventions. So far there are no short tools for the overall assessment of cognitive, emotional and behavioral responses of psychological adaptation to the emergency in the psychometric panorama. The Emergency Response and Psychological Adjustment Scale (ERPAS) was administered to a sample of 1,088 participants, while the concurrent validity was tested through a second administration to 600 participants along with the GSE (Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale) and the BDI-II (Beck Depression Inventory-II). Confirmatory factor analysis bore out a five-factor solution (including 18 items) with good fit indices of adaptation to data, χ2/df = 1.440, RMSEA = 0.028, RMSEA 90% CI = 0.018–0.038, GFI = 0.996, AGFI = 0.959, CFI = 0.982, and NFI = 0.944. Evidence of convergent validity was provided by the significant correlations with variables such as cognitive and somatic depression, and perceived general self-efficacy. The analyses also showed a strong invariance across gender. The ERPAS tool prefigures application during the assessment in multiple emergency contexts (e.g. earthquakes, floods, pandemics, terrorist attacks, war events, major accidents, major fires). This validation study of the ERPAS has shown that this version is a reliable and valid measurement for assessing people's modes of personal response (cognitive, emotional, behavioral) in emergency contexts.
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- Pierluigi Diotaiuti
- Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy
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