Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2023 Sep;51(7):2774-2789. doi: 10.1002/jcop.23075. Epub 2023 Jul 15.
In 2017, Hurricane Harvey flooded more than 300,000 buildings causing an estimated $125 billion in damages and resulting in 68 deaths (National Hurricane Center). This actual or threatened loss of life and physical harm led many to report negative effects on mental well-being and greater mental illness. However, many individuals have been able to experience similar adverse events without a significant negative impact on their mental health and well-being. Positive thinking factors such as hope, optimism, and self-efficacy have been proposed as protective factors in the face of difficult life events. Hope, optimism, and self-efficacy are related but distinct constructs that have often been studied separately, but whose unique impact on well-being and mental illness is less clear, especially in the context of a natural hazard. The current study uses structural equation modeling to measure the unique contribution of hope, optimism, and hurricane-coping self-efficacy on mental well-being and mental illness in a community sample of 300 subjects who experienced Hurricane Harvey, recruited from Mechanical Turk.
2017 年，飓风“哈维”淹没了超过 30 万座建筑物，造成约 1250 亿美元的损失，导致 68 人死亡（国家飓风中心）。这种实际或威胁到生命和身体的伤害导致许多人报告说对心理健康和更多精神疾病产生负面影响。然而，许多人能够在经历类似的不利事件时，其心理健康和幸福感却没有受到重大负面影响。积极的思维因素，如希望、乐观和自我效能感，已被提出作为面对困难生活事件的保护因素。希望、乐观和自我效能感是相关但不同的结构，它们经常被分开研究，但它们对幸福感和精神疾病的独特影响尚不清楚，尤其是在自然灾害的背景下。本研究使用结构方程模型来衡量希望、乐观和飓风应对自我效能感对经历过飓风“哈维”的 300 名机械土耳其人社区样本的心理健康和精神疾病的独特贡献。
