Developing Psychological Resilience to the Impact of Drought

Drought is a slow-onset natural hazard with significant socioeconomic, environmental and psychological impacts. The extant literature has predominately focused on the physical and economic dimensions of resilience, which mainly address the socioeconomic and environmental consequences of drought. How...

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Published inInternational journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 20; no. 4; p. 3465
Main Authors Abunyewah, Matthew, Byrne, Mitchell K, Keane, Carol A, Bressington, Daniel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 16.02.2023
MDPI
Subjects
Agricultural production
Analysis
Community
Delphi method
Drought
Droughts
Emergency preparedness
Environmental hazards
Feasibility studies
Health aspects
Leadership
Mental disorders
Mental Health
Network analysis
Newton, June
Perceptions
Psychological aspects
Psychological factors
Resilience
Resilience, Psychological
Social network analysis
Social networks
Social organization
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Study Protocol
Iran
Australia
sense of control
social connectedness
drought
resilience
social coherence
social network analysis
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Summary:Drought is a slow-onset natural hazard with significant socioeconomic, environmental and psychological impacts. The extant literature has predominately focused on the physical and economic dimensions of resilience, which mainly address the socioeconomic and environmental consequences of drought. However, the mental health effects of chronic environmental adversity, such as prolonged drought, remain an under-researched area, and frameworks that build and strengthen the psychological aspect of the social resilience of communities are lacking. This feasibility study will employ a mixed-method design sub-divided into three phases. Phase 1 will utilise social network analysis (SNA) to identify leadership patterns and their intersections across communities. While phase 2 will use semi-structured interviews to ascertain the perceived roles of identified leaders in preparing for and recovering from drought impacts, the third phase will adopt the Delphi method to unpack existing perceptions of control, coherence and connectedness.
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ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20043465