King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, Weston Education Centre (PO62), Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK.
Br J Psychiatry. 2012 Nov;201(5):400-7. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.111575. Epub 2012 Sep 20.
The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
To quantify emotional responses among British nationals in Japan and to assess whether perceptions about the incident or accessing information about it were associated with responses.
A total of 284 participants randomly selected from official records completed a survey that included instruments to measure emotional responses.
In total, 16% met the criteria for distress, 29.7% reported high anxiety relating to the incident and 30.4% reported high anger. Perceptions that strongly predicted these outcomes included feeling uncertain, being unable to rule out harmful exposure, and believing that exposure would have severe or hidden health effects or be difficult to detect. Using information sources was associated with higher emotional outcome, particularly for sources perceived to have low credibility.
Reducing uncertainty and improving the credibility of information is essential in reducing the psychological impact of radiological disasters.
2011 年日本地震和海啸导致福岛核电站熔毁。
量化在日英国国民的情绪反应，并评估对事件的看法或获取相关信息是否与其反应相关。
从官方记录中随机抽取了 284 名参与者完成了一项调查，该调查包括测量情绪反应的工具。
共有 16%的人符合困扰标准，29.7%的人报告对该事件有高度焦虑，30.4%的人报告有高度愤怒。强烈预测这些结果的看法包括感到不确定、无法排除有害暴露，以及认为暴露会有严重或隐藏的健康影响或难以察觉。使用信息来源与更高的情绪结果相关，尤其是那些被认为可信度低的信息来源。
减少不确定性和提高信息可信度对于减轻放射性灾害的心理影响至关重要。
