TY - JOUR
T1 - Getting Active in the Gulf
T2 - Environmental Attitudes and Action Following Two Mississippi Coastal Disasters
AU - Walters, A. Brooke
AU - Drescher, Christopher
AU - Baczwaski, Brandy J.
AU - Aiena, Bethany J.
AU - Darden, Marie C.
AU - Johnson, Laura R.
AU - Buchanan, Erin M.
AU - Schulenberg, Stefan E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded in part through a contract between the corresponding author and the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (MS DMH), who in turn received funds from BP, plc. While this research received external funding, the conclusions and findings herein do not necessarily reflect the views of BP or the state of Mississippi.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - The current study examined the impact of the Gulf Oil Spill and Hurricane Katrina, environmental attitudes, and environmental action among residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The authors sought to determine if disaster impact, worry about the environment, or connection to nature was associated with environmental action following the oil spill and in general. We hypothesized that disaster impact and environmental attitudes would be significantly associated with environmental action. Surveys were administered to 1,108 individuals receiving mental health services in connection with the Gulf Oil Spill. Results indicated that disaster impact was correlated with environmental worry, connection to nature, and action. Additionally, environmental worry and connection to nature were significantly associated with action, as were the effects of Hurricane Katrina to a lesser degree. This study supplements the existing literature by examining environmental attitudes, disaster impact, and their association with environmental action following two disasters.
AB - The current study examined the impact of the Gulf Oil Spill and Hurricane Katrina, environmental attitudes, and environmental action among residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The authors sought to determine if disaster impact, worry about the environment, or connection to nature was associated with environmental action following the oil spill and in general. We hypothesized that disaster impact and environmental attitudes would be significantly associated with environmental action. Surveys were administered to 1,108 individuals receiving mental health services in connection with the Gulf Oil Spill. Results indicated that disaster impact was correlated with environmental worry, connection to nature, and action. Additionally, environmental worry and connection to nature were significantly associated with action, as were the effects of Hurricane Katrina to a lesser degree. This study supplements the existing literature by examining environmental attitudes, disaster impact, and their association with environmental action following two disasters.
KW - Connection to nature
KW - Disaster impact
KW - Environmental action
KW - Environmental worry
KW - Gulf Oil Spill
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U2 - 10.1007/s11205-013-0428-2
DO - 10.1007/s11205-013-0428-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84883465411
SN - 0303-8300
VL - 118
SP - 919
EP - 936
JO - Social Indicators Research
JF - Social Indicators Research
IS - 2
ER -
