Social group connections support mental health following wildfire

T Cruwys, E Macleod, T Heffernan, I Walker… - Social psychiatry and …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose As environmental disasters become more common and severe due to climate
change, there is a growing need for strategies to bolster recovery that are proactive, cost …

[HTML][HTML] Individual Resilience and Disaster-Specific Adaptation and Resilience Following a Bushfire Event in Regional Queensland

SF Rockloff, CC Anderson, LP Burton, VR Terry… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Natural disasters such as bushfires are a test of individual and group resilience, and in
extreme cases, threaten the sustainability of communities. Bushfires have long been …

[HTML][HTML] Solastalgia following the Australian summer of bushfires: Qualitative and quantitative insights about environmental distress and recovery

SK Stanley, T Heffernan, E Macleod, J Lane… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
People derive less solace from environments that become degraded or destroyed, which is
an experience called solastalgia. In the wake of Australia's 2019–2020 bushfires, many …

Resilience and coping during protracted conflict: a comparative analysis of general and evacuees populations

H Marciano, S Kimhi, Y Eshel, B Adini - Israel Journal of Health Policy …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background On October 7th, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel,
triggering a conflict with Israel in the Gaza Strip. This ongoing war, now six months old, has …

[HTML][HTML] Place attachment, identity threat, and wellbeing in bushfire affected areas

A Jones, I Walker - Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural disasters have significant psychological impacts, yet people's connection to disaster-
affected places remains underexplored. Studies using place attachment models to …

Neo-Liberalism's Shadows: Modern slavery in South African Higher Education

L Steynberg, JP Grundling… - Transformation in Higher …, 2024 - thejournal.org.za
Neoliberal ideology globally prioritises competition and productivity over staff well-being in
higher education, leading to exploitative practices and heightened stress among academic …

Pandemic impacts and experiences after disaster in Australia: qualitative study of compound impacts following the Black Summer bushfires

S Cowlishaw, C O'Dwyer, C Bowd, N Sadler… - BJPsych …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe first cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia were recorded in January
2020, which was during the 'Black Summer'bushfires of 2019–20 and prior to additional …