ABSTRACT

This study examined how socio-cultural factors explain the relationship between hurricane exposure and frequency of individual disaster communication among Latinx individuals in Texas communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Participants included 397 Latinx residents in nine Texas counties that were most impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Through structural equation modeling, results indicated that perceived discrimination stress mediates the relationship between Hurricane Harvey exposure and individual disaster communication, whereas social distrust plays a disruptive role. Overall, the results (a) identify the individual and inter-related influence of stress and trust factors on the seeking and sharing of information within Latinx disaster communication ecologies, and (b) emphasize the importance of trust-building and storytelling strategies to engage the Latinx community following disasters.

摘要

本研究探讨了社会文化因素如何解释受飓风哈维影响的德克萨斯社区的拉丁裔人群中飓风暴露与个人灾害交流频率之间的关系。参与者包括受飓风哈维影响最严重的德克萨斯州 9 个县的 397 名拉丁裔居民。通过结构方程模型，结果表明，感知的歧视压力在飓风哈维暴露与个人灾难交流之间的关系中起中介作用，而社会不信任起着破坏性作用。总体而言，结果 (a) 确定了压力和信任因素对拉丁美洲灾害通信生态系统内信息的寻求和共享的个体和相互关联的影响，