This paper aimed to investigate emotional distress related to hazards (EDH) considering appraisals and personal resources from cognitive appraisal theory in a sample of Bucharest inhabitants periodically exposed to earthquakes (EQ). The sample consisted of 336 respondents (M = 33.71 years old, SD = 13.71, 64.6% females). The hierarchical regression model revealed that discomfort of living space, a personal resource, was the strongest predictor of EDH (β = .18, t(313) = 3.09, p < .01), closely followed by appraisals or risk perception variables: hazards anticipation (β = .17, t(316) = 2.11, p < .05) and negative EQ consequences (β = .13, t(316) = 2.28, p < .05). The overall model explained 17% of the variance of EDH. This study shows that the cognitive appraisal theory can be successfully used to explain the EDH of citizens living in an earthquake-prone city. Also, it emphasizes that earthquake-related factors can be relevant when discussing EDH levels of people in cities experiencing recurrent earthquakes.

本文旨在通过对定期暴露于地震 (EQ) 的布加勒斯特居民样本的认知评估理论中的评估和个人资源，研究与灾害相关的情绪困扰 (EDH)。样本包括 336 名受访者（M  = 33.71 岁，SD = 13.71，64.6% 女性）。分层回归模型显示，作为个人资源的居住空间的不适感是 EDH 的最强预测因子（β  = .18，t(313) = 3.09，p  < .01），紧随其后的是评估或风险感知变量：危害预期 ( β  = .17, t(316) = 2.11, p  < .05) 和负面情商后果 ( β  = .13, t(316) = 2.28, p < .05）。整体模型解释了 17% 的 EDH 方差。本研究表明，认知评价理论可以成功地用于解释居住在地震多发城市居民的 EDH。此外，它还强调在讨论反复发生地震的城市中人们的 EDH 水平时，与地震相关的因素可能是相关的。