On the influence of risk perception on mental health: living near an incinerator

Lima, Maria Luísa

doi:10.1016/s0272-4944(03)00026-4

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“…Participants 429 participants were interviewed, and voluntarily participated in this study as part of a bigger study on environmental quality, associated with the monitoring of an industrial facility in the North of Portugal 15,20 . The respondents were part of a panel that was originally a random sample of residents close to the industrial site and from other comparison locations, and data was collected in 2007.…”

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“…HADS was first developed to assess the psychological state of clinical samples in a hospital setting, but is considered as quite appropriate for community surveys in which there is no intention of producing a clinical individual diagnosis 41 . The six item short version used in this study was developed from a previous test conducted with a different sample, in which the short form showed a very good association with the total score and an adequate convergent and discriminant validity 20 . The results for the internal consistency are not very high (anxiety: α = 0.76; depression: α = 0.61), but this indicator is very sensitive to the number of items of the subscales 42 , which were 3 in this case.…”

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“…In a similar vein, other evidence showed that industrial and hazardous areas in the United States are disproportionately occupied by Blacks and Hispanics 17 , and that low socio-economic populations are more exposed to water contamination 18 . Besides the health risks associated, the exposure to toxic environments increases economic and psychosocial risks (residential stigma 19 and environmental concerns 20 ). To enhance their vulnerability, people with less education and lower socio-economic status are usually less informed about the risks they are exposed to, they have less means to protect themselves (e.g.…”

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Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health

Lima¹,

Morais²

2015

Cad. Saúde Pública

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Health inequalities are very well documented in epidemiological research: rich people live longer and have fewer diseases than poor people. Recently, a growing amount of evidence from environmental sciences confirms that poor people are also more exposed to pollution and other environmental threats. However, research in the social sciences has shown a broad lack of awareness about health inequalities. In this paper, based on data collected in Portugal, we will analyze the consciousness of both health and environmental injustices and test one hypothesis for this social blindness. The results show, even more clearly than before, that public opinion tends to see rich and poor people as being equally susceptible to health and environmental events. Furthermore, those who have this equal view of the world present lower levels of depression and anxiety. Following cognitive adaptation theory, this “belief in an equal world” can be interpreted as a protective positive illusion about social justice, particularly relevant in one of the most unequal countries in Europe.

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Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health

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Morais²

2015

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“…Castro and Lima 2001;Lima 2004), safety (Silva, Baptista and Lima 2004) and social justice (e.g. Correia, Vala and Aguiar 2007).…”

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Dynamics and dilemmas in social psychology: Social relations, identities and cognition

Vala

2012

Portuguese Journal of Social Science

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This paper aims to provide a systematised overview of the paradigmatic orientations in social psychology in Portugal by identifying the most cited publications. Results show that the eight most cited thematic are: (1) deviance and reactions to deviance, (2) methodology, (3) prejudice and discrimination, (4) gender studies, (5) risk, environment and safety, (6) information processing, social judgment, familiarity and mood, (7) social representations and (8) social justice and belief in a just world. These eight most salient thematics can be sorted into three current paradigmatic orientations in contemporary social psychology: (a) social cognition; (b) the study of collective beliefs, ideologies and social representations; and (c) the study of identity and its impact on intra- and intergroup processes. The paper finishes with a reflection on the future developments of the discipline and the dilemmas that social psychology in Portugal could face.

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“…Poor perceived health has been reported to persist for prolonged duration among residents of areas polluted by poisonous chemicals or radiation [6][7][8][9][10][11], suggesting that perceived health was poor not only among those residents granted medical compensation for evidenced health injury due to exposure to a large amount of pollutant but also in those not granted compensation for reasons of not presenting definite symptoms associated with the pollutant and being thereby judged not to have been subjected to non-negligible exposure.…”

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Association between social group participation and perceived health among elderly inhabitants of a previously methylmercury-polluted area

Tanaka

Ushijima

Sung

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Environ Health Prev Med

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Objective This study attempted to clarify the association between participation in a social group and perceived health among elderly residents of a previously methylmercury-polluted area in Japan. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using eligible subjects from the Shiranui Sea coastal area, where mercury poisoning due to daily intake of fish and shellfish had previously caused some residents to develop the neurological disorder ''Minamata disease (MD).'' In the present study, we selected subjects aged C65 years who had never been diagnosed with MD or applied for medical treatment compensation.Results A logistic regression model after adjusting for confounding factors showed that membership in a hobby or volunteer group was associated with good perceived health (odds ratio 1.97, 95 % confidence interval 1.02-3.80). Conclusion Our results showed that the effects of membership in social groups on perceived health were not equal across all social groups, with only hobby-or volunteerrelated groups having a positive effect on perceived health. Our findings suggested that promoting participation in a social group such as hobby-or volunteer-related groups can help improve perceived health among elderly individuals who had experienced environmental pollution incidents.

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On the influence of risk perception on mental health: living near an incinerator

Cited by 155 publications

References 32 publications

Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health

Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health

Dynamics and dilemmas in social psychology: Social relations, identities and cognition

Association between social group participation and perceived health among elderly inhabitants of a previously methylmercury-polluted area

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