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Adapting to climate change in Canada will require collective action, and as such, gaining a better understanding of the social factors predicting pro-environmental behaviors is vital. In the current study, using theory from the organizational psychology domain, we examined whether individuals’ attachment to their community and perceptions of their community’s resilience were related to the extent to which individuals perceived norms related to pro-environmental action within close others, and in turn, whether these social norms are associated with perceptions of climate change risk and subsequent willingness to engage in pro-environmental behavior. Findings from 1,156 Canadian citizens or permanent residents supported the hypotheses. Mediation analyses indicated that, first, descriptive and prescriptive norms for pro-environmental behavior, and then perceptions of climate change risk, serially mediated the association between community attachment and resilience and willingness to engage in social advocacy and tax support to adapt to climate change in their community. In the face of a rapidly changing climate across Canadian communities, this contextual understanding of pro-environmental activism and influence, as well as implications pertaining to the importance of community identification, culture, norms, and leadership, has implications for future research and practice.

Fifty per cent of elderly patients discharged from accident and emergency (A&E) departments experience functional deterioration and increased dependence; 5.6% require readmission within 14 days. Discharge is often to inadequate community support. Functional assessment by A&E department staff may identify patients at greatest risk. The predictive ability of 25 patients aged 75 years or over to identify their additional support requirements following discharge from the A&E department was evaluated retrospectively using interview questionnaires 10-20 days after discharge. A total of 23 patients, of mean age 79.3 years, were interviewed. Six patients expressed concern both about coping at home and about needing extra support; four of the nine patients who recruited additional help were in this group (P = 0.239; n.s.). There was no correlation between additional support needed and patients living alone (P = 0.302; n.s.), dependent relative (P = 0.325; n.s.) or existing domiciliary support (P = 0.197; n.s.). All patients were satisfied with their management, and of the six who expressed concern about being able to cope at home, none informed A&E staff. Patients' perception is an unreliable indicator of their need for additional help and their ability to manage at home after discharge from A&E departments. Additional support requirements appear to be unrelated to domestic circumstances.

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Although research has explored workplace injuries, injuries tend to be examined from a binary perspective, and the broad ramifications of workplace injuries have yet to be fully explored. In this research, I conduct two studies that extend current knowledge on the outcomes of workplace injuries. Study 1 examines the effects of occupational injuries among injured individuals.Analyses suggest the nature of the occupational injury affects health, stress, and positive and negative work beliefs. Study 2 examines the effects of workplace injuries on romantic partners of injured individuals. Analyses suggest that health, objective burden, relationship satisfaction, and relationship quality of romantic partners are influenced by their partners' occupational injury.In both studies, mediating and moderating relationships are explored. Overall, these findings suggest the nature of the injury matters, and effects of workplace injuries are more widespread than typically addressed. These findings have important implications for research and practice.