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  1. Article ; Online: Crisis in the air: the mental health implications of the 2023 Canadian wildfires.

    Lowe, Sarah R / Garfin, Dana Rose

    The Lancet. Planetary health

    2023  Volume 7, Issue 9, Page(s) e732–e733

    MeSH term(s) Canada ; Mental Health ; Wildfires
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-21
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2542-5196
    ISSN (online) 2542-5196
    DOI 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00188-2
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  2. Article ; Online: A longitudinal investigation of risk perceptions and adaptation behavior in the US Gulf Coast.

    Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle / Relihan, Daniel P / Garfin, Dana Rose

    PNAS nexus

    2024  Volume 3, Issue 4, Page(s) pgae099

    Abstract: Climate change is occurring more rapidly than expected, requiring that people quickly and continually adapt to reduce human suffering. The reality is that climate change-related threats are unpredictable; thus, adaptive behavior must be continually ... ...

    Abstract Climate change is occurring more rapidly than expected, requiring that people quickly and continually adapt to reduce human suffering. The reality is that climate change-related threats are unpredictable; thus, adaptive behavior must be continually performed even when threat saliency decreases (e.g. time has passed since climate-hazard exposure). Climate change-related threats are also intensifying; thus, new or more adaptive behaviors must be performed over time. Given the need to sustain climate change-related adaptation even when threat saliency decreases, it becomes essential to better understand how the relationship between risk perceptions and adaptation co-evolve over time. In this study, we present results from a probability-based representative sample of 2,774 Texas and Florida residents prospectively surveyed 5 times (2017-2022) in the presence and absence of exposure to tropical cyclones, a climate change-related threat. Distinct trajectories of personal risk perceptions emerged, with higher and more variable risk perceptions among the less educated and those living in Florida. Importantly, as tropical cyclone adaptation behaviors increased, personal risk perceptions decreased over time, particularly in the absence of storms, while future tropical cyclone risk perceptions remained constant. In sum, adapting occurs in response to current risk but may inhibit future action despite increasing future tropical cyclone risks. Our results suggest that programs and policies encouraging proactive adaptation investment may be warranted.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2752-6542
    ISSN (online) 2752-6542
    DOI 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae099
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  3. Article ; Online: Technology as a coping tool during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: Implications and recommendations.

    Garfin, Dana Rose

    Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress

    2020  Volume 36, Issue 4, Page(s) 555–559

    MeSH term(s) Adaptation, Psychological ; Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Communications Media ; Computers ; Coronavirus Infections/psychology ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral/psychology ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Technology/methods
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-08-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2042041-9
    ISSN 1532-2998 ; 1532-3005
    ISSN (online) 1532-2998
    ISSN 1532-3005
    DOI 10.1002/smi.2975
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  4. Article ; Online: Associations between mindfulness and mental health after collective trauma: results from a longitudinal, representative, probability-based survey.

    Lorenzini, Jay Andrew / Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle / Garfin, Dana Rose

    Anxiety, stress, and coping

    2023  Volume 37, Issue 3, Page(s) 361–378

    Abstract: Background/objectives: Trait mindfulness (TM) may protect against post-trauma mental health ailments and related impairment. Few studies have evaluated this association in the context of collective traumas using representative samples or longitudinal ... ...

    Abstract Background/objectives: Trait mindfulness (TM) may protect against post-trauma mental health ailments and related impairment. Few studies have evaluated this association in the context of collective traumas using representative samples or longitudinal designs.
    Design/method: We explored relationships between TM and collective trauma-related outcomes in a prospective, representative, probability-based sample of 1846 U.S. Gulf Coast residents repeatedly exposed to catastrophic hurricanes, assessed twice during the COVID-19 outbreak (Wave 1: 5/14/20-5/27/20; Wave 2: 12/21/21-1/11/22). Generalized estimating equations examined longitudinal relationships between TM, COVID-19-related fear/worry, hurricane-related fear/worry, global distress, and functional impairment; ordinary least squares regression analyses examined the cross-sectional association between TM and COVID-19-related posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) at Wave 1. Event-related stressor exposure was explored as a moderator.
    Results: In covariate-adjusted models including pre-event mental health ailments and demographics, TM was negatively associated with COVID-19-related fear/worry, hurricane-related fear/worry, global distress, and functional impairment over time; in cross-sectional analyses, TM was negatively associated with COVID-19-related PTSS. TM moderated the relationship between COVID-19 secondary stressor exposure (e.g., lost job/wages) and both global distress and functional impairment over time.
    Conclusions: Results suggest TM may buffer adverse psychosocial outcomes following collective trauma, with some evidence TM may protect against negative effects of secondary stressor exposure.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Mental Health ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/psychology ; Prospective Studies ; Mindfulness ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; COVID-19/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1115932-7
    ISSN 1477-2205 ; 1061-5806
    ISSN (online) 1477-2205
    ISSN 1061-5806
    DOI 10.1080/10615806.2023.2267454
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  5. Article ; Online: Technology as a coping tool during the COVID‐19 pandemic

    Garfin, Dana Rose

    Stress and Health ; ISSN 1532-3005 1532-2998

    Implications and recommendations

    2020  

    Keywords Applied Psychology ; Clinical Psychology ; Psychiatry and Mental health ; General Medicine ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Wiley
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1002/smi.2975
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  6. Article: Hurricane adaptation behaviors in Texas and Florida: exploring the roles of negative personal experience and subjective attribution to climate change.

    Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle / Rose Garfin, Dana

    Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site

    2022  Volume 17, Issue 3

    Abstract: Understanding motivation to adopt personal household adaptation behaviors in the face of climate change-related hazards is essential for developing and implementing behaviorally realistic interventions that promote well-being and health. Escalating ... ...

    Abstract Understanding motivation to adopt personal household adaptation behaviors in the face of climate change-related hazards is essential for developing and implementing behaviorally realistic interventions that promote well-being and health. Escalating extreme weather events increase the number of those directly exposed and adversely impacted by climate change. But do people attribute these negative events to climate change? Such subjective attribution may be one cognitive process whereby the experience of negative climate change-related events may increase risk perceptions and motivate people to act. Here we surveyed a representative sample of 1,846 residents of Florida and Texas, many who had been repeatedly exposed to hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, facing the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. We assessed prior hurricane negative personal experience, climate change-related subjective attribution (for hurricanes), risk appraisal (perceived probability and severity of a hurricane threat), hurricane adaptation appraisal (perceived efficacy of adaptation measures and self-efficacy to address the threat of hurricanes), and self-reported hurricane personal household adaptation. Our findings suggest that prior hurricane negative personal experiences and subjective attribution are associated with greater hurricane risk appraisal. Hurricane subjective attribution moderated the relationship between hurricane negative personal experiences and risk appraisal; in turn, negative hurricane personal experience, hurricane risk appraisal, and adaptation appraisal were positively associated with self-reported hurricane personal adaptation behaviors. Subjective attribution may be associated with elevated perceived risk for specific climate hazards. Communications that help people understand the link between their negative personal experiences (e.g., hurricanes) and climate change may help guide risk perceptions and motivate protective actions, particularly in areas with repeated exposure to threats.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2255379-4
    ISSN 1748-9326
    ISSN 1748-9326
    DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ac4858
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  7. Article ; Online: Contrasting Objective and Perceived Risk: Predicting COVID-19 Health Behaviors in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample.

    Thompson, Rebecca R / Jones, Nickolas M / Garfin, Dana Rose / Holman, E Alison / Silver, Roxane Cohen

    Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine

    2024  Volume 58, Issue 4, Page(s) 242–252

    Abstract: Background: Individuals confronting health threats may display an optimistic bias such that judgments of their risk for illness or death are unrealistically positive given their objective circumstances.: Purpose: We explored optimistic bias for ... ...

    Abstract Background: Individuals confronting health threats may display an optimistic bias such that judgments of their risk for illness or death are unrealistically positive given their objective circumstances.
    Purpose: We explored optimistic bias for health risks using k-means clustering in the context of COVID-19. We identified risk profiles using subjective and objective indicators of severity and susceptibility risk for COVID-19.
    Methods: Between 3/18/2020-4/18/2020, a national probability sample of 6,514 U.S. residents reported both their subjective risk perceptions (e.g., perceived likelihood of illness or death) and objective risk indices (e.g., age, weight, pre-existing conditions) of COVID-19-related susceptibility and severity, alongside other pandemic-related experiences. Six months later, a subsample (N = 5,661) completed a follow-up survey with questions about their frequency of engagement in recommended health protective behaviors (social distancing, mask wearing, risk behaviors, vaccination intentions).
    Results: The k-means clustering procedure identified five risk profiles in the Wave 1 sample; two of these demonstrated aspects of optimistic bias, representing almost 44% of the sample. In OLS regression models predicting health protective behavior adoption at Wave 2, clusters representing individuals with high perceived severity risk were most likely to report engagement in social distancing, but many individuals who were objectively at high risk for illness and death did not report engaging in self-protective behaviors.
    Conclusions: Objective risk of disease severity only inconsistently predicted health protective behavior. Risk profiles may help identify groups that need more targeted interventions to increase their support for public health policy and health enhancing recommendations more broadly.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Health Behavior ; Pandemics ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-25
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 632630-4
    ISSN 1532-4796 ; 0883-6612
    ISSN (online) 1532-4796
    ISSN 0883-6612
    DOI 10.1093/abm/kaad055
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  8. Article ; Online: Assessing Perception of Wildfires and Related Impacts among Adult Residents of Southern California.

    Masri, Shahir / Shenoi, Erica Anne / Garfin, Dana Rose / Wu, Jun

    International journal of environmental research and public health

    2023  Volume 20, Issue 1

    Abstract: Major wildfires and their smoke pose a threat to public health and are becoming more frequent in the United States, particularly in California and other populated, fire-prone states. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how California residents view ... ...

    Abstract Major wildfires and their smoke pose a threat to public health and are becoming more frequent in the United States, particularly in California and other populated, fire-prone states. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how California residents view wildfires and engage in risk-reducing behaviors during wildfire events. Currently, there is a knowledge gap concerning this area of inquiry. We disseminated a 40-question cross-sectional survey to explore wildfire perception and knowledge along with related risk-reducing measures and policies among 807 adult residents in the fire-prone region of Orange County, California. Results demonstrated that nearly all (>95%) participants had (or knew someone who had) previously experienced a wildfire. Female gender, knowing a wildfire victim and reporting to have a general interest/passion for environmental issues were the three factors most strongly associated with (1) wildfires (and smoke) being reported as a threat, (2) participants' willingness to evacuate if threatened by a nearby wildfire, and (3) participants' willingness to support a wildfire-related tax increase (
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; United States ; Humans ; Female ; Wildfires ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Smoke ; California ; Perception
    Chemical Substances Smoke
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-01
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2175195-X
    ISSN 1660-4601 ; 1661-7827
    ISSN (online) 1660-4601
    ISSN 1661-7827
    DOI 10.3390/ijerph20010815
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  9. Article: Priming close social contact protective behaviors enhances protective social norms perceptions, protection views, and self-protective behaviors during disasters.

    Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle / Garfin, Dana Rose

    International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR

    2022  Volume 80, Page(s) 103135

    Abstract: Many people do not make choices that minimize risk in the face of health and environmental threats. Using pre-registered analyses, we tested whether a risk communication that primed perceptions about health-protective preparation and behavior of close ... ...

    Abstract Many people do not make choices that minimize risk in the face of health and environmental threats. Using pre-registered analyses, we tested whether a risk communication that primed perceptions about health-protective preparation and behavior of close social contacts promoted protection views and protective behaviors. From December 10-24, 2020, we fielded a 2 (threat vignette: wildfire or COVID-19) x 3 (social contact prime: control, inaction, or action) experiment to a representative sample of 1,108 California residents facing increased COVID-19 cases/deaths, who had recently experienced the most destructive wildfire season in California history. Outcome variables were protection views and protective behavior (i.e., information seeking). Across threat conditions, stronger social norms, efficacy, and worry predicted greater protection views and some protective behaviors. Priming social-contact action resulted in greater COVID-19 information-seeking compared to the control. In the wildfire smoke condition, priming social contact action and inaction increased perceived protective behavior social norms compared to the control; social norms partially mediated the relationships of priming with protection views and protective behaviors; and having existing mask supplies enhanced the relationship between priming inaction and greater protection views compared to priming action or the control. Findings highlight the importance of social influence for health protection views and protective behaviors. Communications enhancing social norms that are sensitive to resource contexts may help promote protective behaviors.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2695877-6
    ISSN 2212-4209
    ISSN 2212-4209
    DOI 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103135
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