Silent but Damaging: Exploring the Link Between Air Pollution and Vocational and General Well-Being

2021 ◽  
pp. 106907272110543
Author(s):  
Yeseul Jo ◽  
Jeong Won Lee ◽  
Dongseop Lee
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Lower State

Air pollution has become a daunting challenge with the potential to endanger people’s lives across the globe. However, little is known about the psychological and vocational implications of air pollution. Drawing on feeling-as-information theory, we investigate the within-person relationships of ambient air pollution with vocational and general well-being outcomes (i.e., career choice anxiety and state optimism) through the mediating mechanism of mood state. We tested our hypotheses using an experience sampling method (ESM) with survey data from 67 undergraduate students in South Korea collected over 10 consecutive days. Results showed that daily ambient air pollution predicted higher career choice anxiety and lower state optimism via an increased negative mood. Furthermore, the indirect relation of air pollution with career choice anxiety was found to be stronger for individuals with lower family socioeconomic status. In a supplementary study, we interviewed 16 undergraduate students in South Korea to explain the ESM results in greater depth. Theoretical and practical implications, as well as study limitations, are discussed.

scholarly journals Space–Time Relationship between Short-Term Exposure to Fine and Coarse Particles and Mortality in a Nationwide Analysis of Korea: A Bayesian Hierarchical Spatio-Temporal Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayun Kang ◽  
Yujin Jang ◽  
Hyunho Choi ◽  
Seung-sik Hwang ◽  
Younseo Koo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Model Fitting ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Respiratory Mortality ◽  
Short Term Exposure ◽  
Temporal Model ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Previous studies have shown an association between mortality and ambient air pollution in South Korea. However, these studies may have been subject to bias, as they lacked adjustment for spatio-temporal structures. This paper addresses this research gap by examining the association between air pollution and cause-specific mortality in South Korea between 2012 and 2015 using a two-stage Bayesian spatio-temporal model. We used 2012–2014 mortality and air pollution data for parameter estimation (i.e., model fitting) and 2015 data for model validation. Our results suggest that the relative risks of total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality were 1.028, 1.047, and 1.045, respectively, with every 10-µg/m3 increase in monthly PM2.5 (fine particulate matter) exposure. These findings warrant protection of populations who experience elevated ambient air pollution exposure to mitigate mortality burden in South Korea.

scholarly journals Effect of COVID-19 on air pollution and respiratory viral infection of children in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung Kyu Park ◽  
Jung Yeon Shim ◽  
Hye Lim Jung ◽  
Jae Won Shim ◽  
Deok Soo Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Air Pollutants ◽  
Respiratory Virus ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Respiratory Virus Infection

Background: Air pollution can be a risk factor for respiratory viral transmission and infection. The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 may have affected ambient air pollution levels. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate air pollution levels and respiratory virus infection rates before and after the COVID-19 pandemic as well as determine relationships between these factors. Methods: The daily mean temperature and concentrations of air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, CO, and SO2) in five metropolitan cities in South Korea were collected for the months of February to May from 2015 to 2020. Results of 14 respiratory viruses isolated using polymerase chain reaction in children with upper or lower respiratory tract infections were gathered during the same period. Trends of respiratory virus infection, temperature, and air pollutant level from February to May for six years were evaluated and possible relationships between respiratory virus infections and ambient air pollutant levels were assessed. Results: Most air pollutants exhibited significantly decreasing trends in 2020 compared to the years before COVID-19. There were no differences in temperature. Adenovirus, bocavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus 3, and rhinovirus were the most frequently detected viruses from February to May from 2015 to 2019, and infection rates dropped significantly in 2020. The concentration of ambient O3 was associated with rhinovirus infection in hospitalized children (aOR [95% CI], 1.028 [1.002, 1.055]). Conclusions: After the COVID-19 outbreak, ambient air pollution levels and respiratory virus transmission decreased in the pediatric population of South Korea.

STATISTICAL METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF AIR POLLUTION OF JHANSI CITY, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. CHAUHAN ◽  
BHANUMATI SINGH ◽  
SHREE GANESH ◽  
JAMSHED ZAIDI
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Base Line ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Status

Studies on air pollution in large cities of India showed that ambient air pollution concentrations are at such levels where serious health effects are possible. This paper presents overview on the status of air quality index (AQI) of Jhansi city by using multivariate statistical techniques. This base line data can help governmental and non-governmental organizations for the management of air pollution.

scholarly journals Differential Effect of Ambient Air Pollution Exposure on Risk of Gestational Hypertension and Preeclampsia

Hypertension ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 384-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie J. Nobles ◽  
Andrew Williams ◽  
Marion Ouidir ◽  
Seth Sherman ◽  
Pauline Mendola
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Differential Effect ◽  
Gestational Hypertension ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Air Pollution Exposure ◽  
Pollution Exposure
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