Girard Cécile M F, Cherry Katie E, Sampson Laura
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5501 USA.
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
Curr Psychol. 2023 May 3:1-12. doi: 10.1007/s12144-023-04677-z.
Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana in August 2020 while the world was several months into the COVID-19 pandemic. In the present research, we examined pandemic precautionary behaviors in a sample of adults who varied in exposure and damage due to Hurricane Laura, a destructive Category 4 hurricane. A total of 127 participants responded to an online survey that assessed pandemic worry and precautionary behaviors, hurricane exposure and damage, and health-related quality of life. We found that Hurricane Laura victims neglected pandemic precautionary behaviors at significantly higher levels in the weeks immediately following Hurricane Laura than did indirectly impacted control participants, although the two comparison groups did not differ in COVID-19 worry or adherence to precautionary pandemic behavior 14-22 months after Hurricane Laura made landfall. Older age was negatively correlated with COVID-19 worry prior to Hurricane Laura, which was unexpected given that older people in general were more vulnerable to COVID-19 by their membership in a high-risk group. Future directions for research on post-disaster vulnerabilities during a global pandemic are discussed.
2020年8月，当世界处于新冠疫情大流行几个月之时，飓风“劳拉”在路易斯安那州西南部登陆。在本研究中，我们对一组成年人的大流行预防行为进行了调查，这些成年人因4级毁灭性飓风“劳拉”而在暴露程度和受损情况上存在差异。共有127名参与者回应了一项在线调查，该调查评估了大流行担忧和预防行为、飓风暴露和受损情况以及与健康相关的生活质量。我们发现，与间接受到影响的对照参与者相比，“劳拉”飓风的受害者在飓风过后的几周内显著更疏于采取大流行预防行为，不过在“劳拉”飓风登陆14至22个月后，这两个比较组在新冠担忧或遵守大流行预防行为方面并无差异。年龄较大与“劳拉”飓风之前的新冠担忧呈负相关，鉴于总体而言老年人因其属于高风险群体而更容易感染新冠，这一结果出人意料。本文还讨论了全球大流行期间灾害后脆弱性研究的未来方向。
