How self-efficacy and response efficacy change with risk and adaptation behaviors during tropical cyclones

IF 7 1区心理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-09-17 DOI:10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102781

Natalie Herbert , Michelle Ng , Julie Demuth , Andrea Schumacher , Hugh Walpole , Rebecca Morss , Gabrielle Wong-Parodi

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Abstract

Environmental hazards are made worse in a changing climate, and adaptation may hinge on whether individuals can effectively act. One of the most powerful antecedents to personal action is efficacy (self and response), but past research on efficacy's role in personal adaptation does not explore its relationship to time and changing risk as dynamic factors associated with adaptation. In this study, we investigate the relationship between efficacy and adaptation behavior alongside changes in personal risk during tropical cyclones (TCs) in the days between TC prediction to landfall. From our analysis of three (2020–2022) TCs in the U.S. that threatened 4,306 participants, we demonstrate that (1) time moderates the positive association between momentary levels of personal risk and response efficacy and (2) adaptation behaviors positively associate with momentary levels of response efficacy, but not self-efficacy. Rather than measuring efficacy as a static force, our approach demonstrates the potential for longitudinal studies to improve theory and practice for socio-cognitive theories of personal adaptation.

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热带气旋中自我效能感和反应效能感如何随风险和适应行为而变化

气候变化使环境危害变得更加严重，而适应可能取决于个人是否能有效地采取行动。效能（自我和反应）是影响个人行为的最重要的前因变量之一，但以往关于效能在个人适应中的作用的研究并未将其与时间和风险变化作为动态因素来探讨。在这项研究中，我们研究了在热带气旋（TC）预测到登陆之间的几天内，效能和适应行为以及个人风险变化之间的关系。通过对美国三个（2020-2022）威胁4306名参与者的tc的分析，我们发现：(1)时间调节了瞬时个人风险水平与反应效能之间的正相关关系；(2)适应行为与瞬时反应效能呈正相关关系，但不影响自我效能。我们的方法不是将效能作为一种静态的力量来衡量，而是展示了纵向研究在改进个人适应的社会认知理论和实践方面的潜力。

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Multiple-

CiteScore

10.60

自引率

8.70%

发文量

140

审稿时长

62 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Environmental Psychology is the premier journal in the field, serving individuals in a wide range of disciplines who have an interest in the scientific study of the transactions and interrelationships between people and their surroundings (including built, social, natural and virtual environments, the use and abuse of nature and natural resources, and sustainability-related behavior). The journal publishes internationally contributed empirical studies and reviews of research on these topics that advance new insights. As an important forum for the field, the journal publishes some of the most influential papers in the discipline that reflect the scientific development of environmental psychology. Contributions on theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of all human-environment interactions are welcome, along with innovative or interdisciplinary approaches that have a psychological emphasis. Research areas include: •Psychological and behavioral aspects of people and nature •Cognitive mapping, spatial cognition and wayfinding •Ecological consequences of human actions •Theories of place, place attachment, and place identity •Environmental risks and hazards: perception, behavior, and management •Perception and evaluation of buildings and natural landscapes •Effects of physical and natural settings on human cognition and health •Theories of proenvironmental behavior, norms, attitudes, and personality •Psychology of sustainability and climate change •Psychological aspects of resource management and crises •Social use of space: crowding, privacy, territoriality, personal space •Design of, and experiences related to, the physical aspects of workplaces, schools, residences, public buildings and public space