ABSTRACT

The transactional model of stress and coping (TMSC) provides a conceptual framework for understanding adaptations to stressors like chronic wasting disease (CWD). Understanding hunter response to stressors is important because decreased participation and satisfaction can affect individual well-being, cultural traditions, agency revenue, and local economies. Using TMSC, we explored how deer hunters coped with CWD. We also compared involvement, and impacts and emotions related to CWD, inside and outside a CWD management zone. Then we examined coping related to CWD presence, and if the disease affected human health. Most hunters would cope using product shift (i.e., eating meat after a negative test result) rather than displacement (i.e., hunting elsewhere) or dropout. Hunters who may be displaced reported lower involvement in deer hunting, and increased worry about CWD. Results suggest that CWD information and testing may increase hunter worry. Funding expanded testing without prompting displacement or dropout are important management considerations.

摘要

压力和应对的交易模型 (TMSC) 为理解对慢性消耗性疾病 (CWD) 等压力源的适应提供了一个概念框架。了解猎人对压力源的反应很重要，因为参与度和满意度降低会影响个人福祉、文化传统、机构收入和当地经济。使用 TMSC，我们探索了猎鹿人如何应对 CWD。我们还比较了 CWD 管理区内外的参与度、影响和情绪。然后我们检查了与 CWD 存在相关的应对方法，以及该疾病是否影响人类健康。大多数猎人会使用产品转移（即，在测试结果为阴性后吃肉）而不是替代（即，在别处狩猎）或辍学来应对。可能流离失所的猎人报告说，他们对猎鹿的参与度较低，并增加了对 CWD 的担忧。结果表明，CWD 信息和测试可能会增加猎人的担忧。在不引起流离失所或辍学的情况下资助扩大测试是重要的管理考虑因素。