The psychological typhoon eye effect in responses to terrorism

Shu, Li; Li, Jianglong; Yang, Shuwen; Wu, Xiaoxia; Jun-fang, Chen; Ding, Yang; Lin, Yuxin; Bai, Xinwen; Luan, Shenghua; Zheng, Rui

doi:10.1017/prp.2020.13

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“…A similar pattern was observed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China (Zhang et al, 2020). Finally, studies on lead-zinc mining risk (Zheng et al, 2015) and public response to terrorism (Li et al, 2020) also provide more evidence in favor of the PTE phenomenon. Each of these studies showed that participants in the epicenter of a public emergency or a natural disaster, despite being closer to a potential risk, showed less psychological distress than participants further away from it.…”

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A conceptual replication of the Psychological Typhoon Eye effect in the aftermath of the Petrinja earthquake in Croatia

Mertens,

Dürrigl

2024

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The Psychological Typhoon Eye (PTE) effect refers to the observation that those living in the epicenters of natural disasters or public emergencies exhibit lower levels of psychological distress than those living further away. The effect was first described in the aftermath of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (Li et al., 2009). However, despite its potential relevance for emergency relieve, this phenomenon has received little research attention and requires further replication. Therefore, data was collected following an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale that occurred in December 2020 in Petrinja, Croatia. The goals of this study were to replicate the PTE effect using the original measures used by Li et al. (2009) and to conceptually replicate the effect using the validated Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales (DASS; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995). The sample consisted of 316 participants living in Croatia at the time of the earthquake. We found no evidence for the PTE effect in our study. Instead, we observed a ripple effect, whereby those in the epicenter showed the most psychological distress. We argue that the ripple effect, rather than the PTE effect, should be seen as the default psychological response pattern to natural disasters and emergencies.

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A conceptual replication of the Psychological Typhoon Eye effect in the aftermath of the Petrinja earthquake in Croatia

Mertens,

Dürrigl

2024

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“…Slovic elaborated on the stone at the center of the ripple, arguing that the severity, mode, and nature of the risk event, as well as the ways in which the public acquires, perceives, and interprets information, all influence the depth and breadth of the ripple effect (10). Subsequent research, based on this concept, has demonstrated that the public's mental state during specific crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, does not fully conform to the "ripple effect" but rather exhibits a turbulent spatial heterogeneity due to the interaction of information differences and spatial distance (11)(12)(13)(14).…”

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The spatial effect of digital economy on public psychological resilience during the diffusive crisis

Tao

Wang

2023

Front. Public Health

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PurposeTo explore whether the digital economy has spatial effects and spatial heterogeneity on public psychological resilience during the diffusive crisis and to analyze the specific impact mechanisms.MethodsThis study is based on the Baidu Search Index from 2011 to 2020 and the provincial panel data of 30 provinces in China. It constructs measures of public psychological resilience and digital economy development level and employs the spatial Durbin model to empirically analyze the relationship between the two, revealing their spatial impact.Results(1) Public psychological resilience exhibits a spatial distribution characterized by high values in the west, medium values in the central region, and low values in the east, while the digital economy development level shows a “U”-shaped spatial structure with high levels in the eastern and western regions and low levels in the middle; (2) The digital economy development level in a local region has a negative effect on the public psychological resilience of that region, while the digital economy development level in surrounding regions has a positive spatial spillover effect on the local region’s public psychological resilience.ConclusionIt is essential to strengthen crisis management, focus on the coordinated development of the digital economy in different regions, share the benefits of digital society development more equitably and broadly, and further improve the psychological resilience of regions under the context of digital economy development.

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“…In the case of COVID-19, the bull's eye model was observed in China (Qiu et al ., 2020), Italy (Liang et al ., 2020), India (Agarwal, 2020), Peru (Yáñez et al ., 2020), and Africa (Coker et al ., 2020). By contrast, the ‘psychological typhoon eye’ effect, which refers to the phenomenon that the closer to the center of an epidemic, the less severe the mental health problems, was also observed in previous epidemics (Xie et al ., 2011); the current COVID-19 pandemic (Xu et al ., 2020; Zhang et al ., 2020); and other forms of disasters such as terrorist attacks (Schlenger et al ., 2002; Li et al ., 2020), earthquake (Jia et al ., 2008; Li et al ., 2009), and exposure to contaminating substances (radioactivity, chemical pollution, etc.) (Maderthaner et al ., 1978; Zheng et al ., 2015).…”

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Bull's eye or typhoon eye? Psychological distress and associated factors in Wuhan and surrounding areas during the COVID-19 pandemic

2022

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Highlights• Examining the validity of the bull's eye model and typhoon eye model;• Factors influencing the psychological distress of people in high-and low-risk areas during the COVID-19 epidemic;• Combined online and telephone survey of a large sample in Hubei, China;• A higher level of psychological distress and influence of risk factors among the residents in Wuhan than those in low-risk areas.https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms.

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The psychological typhoon eye effect in responses to terrorism

Cited by 8 publications

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A conceptual replication of the Psychological Typhoon Eye effect in the aftermath of the Petrinja earthquake in Croatia

A conceptual replication of the Psychological Typhoon Eye effect in the aftermath of the Petrinja earthquake in Croatia

The spatial effect of digital economy on public psychological resilience during the diffusive crisis

Bull's eye or typhoon eye? Psychological distress and associated factors in Wuhan and surrounding areas during the COVID-19 pandemic

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