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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2021.100351
	Psychological factors and social processes influencing wildfire smoke protective behavior: Insights from a case study in Northern California
	Santana F.N.; Gonzalez D.J.X.; Wong-Parodi G.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	2212-0963
卷号	34
英文摘要	The health impacts of wildfire smoke are an important and growing global issue, as extreme wildfire events are expected to increase in frequency and intensity throughout this century due to climate change. Research into individual protective health decision-making can elucidate how wildfire smoke exposure contributes to adverse health outcomes and aid in public health interventions to mitigate risks. In this study we investigate the role of psychological factors (threat and efficacy perceptions) and social processes (social norms and social support) in shaping protective behavior in response to wildfire smoke. Through semi-structured interviews of forty-five individuals in Northern California, we explore perceptions of threat and efficacy, social processes, and protective behaviors in response to wildfire smoke events between 2018 and 2020. We found that for many participants sensory experiences and engagement with wildfire smoke information were instrumental in forming perceptions of threat and efficacy. Three themes related to social processes emerged: interpreting information together, protecting vulnerable others, and questioning protective actions. Through these themes we show how social norms and social support interact in complex, non-linear ways to influence threat and efficacy perceptions, and directly affect protective health behavior. Finally, we propose a conceptual framework of wildfire smoke protective behavior. This study contributes to a growing body of knowledge within the disaster risk and protective health literatures related to wildfire smoke response. Our findings demonstrate how the study of psychological factors and social processes during natural hazards, like wildfire smoke events, is essential to understanding individual protective health decision-making pathways and ultimately, to developing a more comprehensive view of how individual actions affect exposure. © 2021 The Author(s)
英文关键词	Protective behavior; Self-efficacy; Social norms; Social support; Threat perceptions; Wildfire smoke
语种	英语
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256133
作者单位	Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Suite 226, Stanford, CA 94305, United States; Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305, United States; Earth Systems Science, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Rm. 140, Stanford, CA 94305, United States; Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 112 Hilgard Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Santana F.N.,Gonzalez D.J.X.,Wong-Parodi G.. Psychological factors and social processes influencing wildfire smoke protective behavior: Insights from a case study in Northern California[J],2021,34.
APA	Santana F.N.,Gonzalez D.J.X.,&Wong-Parodi G..(2021).Psychological factors and social processes influencing wildfire smoke protective behavior: Insights from a case study in Northern California.Climate Risk Management,34.
MLA	Santana F.N.,et al."Psychological factors and social processes influencing wildfire smoke protective behavior: Insights from a case study in Northern California".Climate Risk Management 34(2021).