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- Title
Impact of flood experiences and anxiety on subjective well-being.
- Authors
Ryo Murata; Daisuke Tokuda; Masashi Kiguchi; Keigo Noda; Taikan Oki
- Abstract
There is a need to consider people's welfare when formulating policies, where subjective well-being is a proxy for welfare. Although it is important to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the decline in subjective well-being associated with flood experience when making policy, this has not been studied in detail. Therefore, this study sought to clarify the relationship between flood experience and subjective well-being, focusing on anxiety about floods. We conducted an online questionnaire in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan and analyzed the results of 2,630 respondents. Mediation analysis revealed that flood experience does not have a direct effect on subjective well-being (p < 0.05) but exerts a negative effect through anxiety about floods. The same was true when only people with recent flood experience were analyzed. This study suggests methods for restoring subjective well-being to its original level after a flood, such as managing anxiety about floods.
- Subjects
JAPAN; SUBJECTIVE well-being (Psychology); FLOODS; ANXIETY
- Publication
Hydrological Research Letters, 2023, Vol 17, Issue 3, p56
- ISSN
1882-3416
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3178/hrl.17.56