What Drives Choice of Coping Strategies Against Ex-Post Weather and Climate Shocks Among Smallholder Fish Farmers in Malawi?

The impact of natural hazards on agriculture in Indonesia is becoming increasingly severe. Therefore, improving farmers’ capacity to undertake risk coping strategies is essential to maintaining their prosperity. The objective of this study was to investigate the determinants of farmers’ decisions on ex ante and ex post coping strategies in rural West Java, Indonesia. The study was based on a field survey of 180 farmers conducted in the Garut district from July to October 2017. The study used the protection motivation theory framework and applied three econometric models: binomial logit model, zero truncated Poisson regression model, and multinomial logit model. Most farmers (74.4%) adopted ex ante coping strategies. They were characterized as having higher risk aversion per capita expenditure and disaster experience, but lower discount rates and percentage of damage and locations in downstream and midstream areas. Coping appraisal perceptions were found to be important factors in the risk coping analysis. Four determinants of the decision on the number of ex ante coping strategies adopted were: per capita expenditure, land size, disaster experience, and access to financial institutions. The most common ex post coping strategy adopted by farmers was the middle-stress type.

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Identifying user needs for weather and climate services to enhance resilience to climate shocks in sub-Saharan Africa

Environmental Research Letters ◽

10.1088/1748-9326/ab4dfe ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (12) ◽

pp. 123003 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Elias Nkiaka ◽

Andrea Taylor ◽

Andrew J Dougill ◽

Philip Antwi-Agyei ◽

Nicolas Fournier ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

User Needs ◽

Climate Services ◽

Weather And Climate ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Climate Shocks

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Determinants of drought risk coping mechanisms among the farmers of Northern region of Bangladesh

Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University ◽

10.3329/jbau.v17i1.40664 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 58-64

Author(s):

Kazi Shek Farid ◽

Nishith Zahan Tanny ◽

Md Wakilur Rahman

Keyword(s):

Focus Group ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Coping Mechanisms ◽

Drought Risk ◽

Crop Loss ◽

Focus Group Discussions ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Ex Post

Drought is a major constraint on agricultural production and livelihood in the north-western region of Bangladesh. An understanding of the effects of drought and farmers’ coping mechanisms is essential in designing technological and policy interventions for effective drought mitigation. The current study investigates the impacts of drought, examines farmers’ coping strategies for drought induced crop failure and the determinants of their mechanism choices by employing both quantitative and qualitative approach. Multiple data sources, including semi-structured interview survey with 218 randomly selected farmers; and four focus group discussions with farmers, local leaders, NGO workers, and government officials were used to capture various aspects of drought risks and coping practices. ‘Multinomial logit’ model was adopted to analyze the factors affecting the decision of coping strategies in response to drought. Results of farm household survey data indicates that the respondents experienced 3.15 droughts on an average in last five years which affected about 15 percent of their crop land and resulted more than 17 percent crop loss per year. Focus group discussions confirm that farmers followed various traditional ex ante and ex post coping strategies in order to avoid crop loss and minimize livelihood constraints. The coping mechanisms mostly adopted by farmers among others were borrowing money, cultivating less water consuming crops and cutting meals. Findings of multinomial logistic regression model reveal that the environment determinant of the choices of coping options was frequency of drought and main socio-economic determinants of coping choices were crop loss due to drought and land holding systems. J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 17(1): 58–64, March 2019

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A Structural Equation Model of Achievement Emotions, Coping Strategies and Engagement-Burnout in Undergraduate Students: A Possible Underlying Mechanism in Facets of Perfectionism

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17062106 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 2106 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jesús de la Fuente ◽

Francisca Lahortiga-Ramos ◽

Carmen Laspra-Solís ◽

Cristina Maestro-Martín ◽

Irene Alustiza ◽

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Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Underlying Mechanism ◽

Equation Model ◽

Structural Equations ◽

Achievement Emotions ◽

Ex Post ◽

The University

Achievement emotions that the university student experiences in the learning process can be significant in facilitating or interfering with learning. The present research looked for linear and predictive relations between university students’ achievement emotions, coping strategies, and engagement-burnout, in three different learning situations (classroom, study time, and testing). Hypotheses were identified for a possible model that would analyze the two facets of perfectionism based on these relations. In the case of perfectionistic strivings, the test hypothesis was that positive emotions would predispose the use of problem-focused coping strategies and an emotional state of engagement; in the case of perfectionistic concerns, however, negative emotions would predispose the use of emotion-focused strategies and a state of burnout. A total of 654 university students participated in the study, using an online tool to complete validated questionnaires on the three study variables. All students provided informed consent and corresponding permissions. Given the ex-post facto linear design, the predictions could be verified for each situation by means of logistic regression analyses and Structural Equations Models (SEM). Empirical results lent support, in varying degree, to the proposed theoretical relations. The testing situation was of particular interest. We discuss implications for perfectionism research and for the practice of prevention, education and health care in the university setting.

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Improving Coping Strategies with Weather and Climate Risks in Agricultural Production, Including the Improved Use of Insurance Approaches: Monocropping

Applied Agrometeorology ◽

10.1007/978-3-540-74698-0_26 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 413-415

Author(s):

Kees Stigter

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Climate Risks ◽

Weather And Climate

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Risk coping strategies in tropical forests: floods, illnesses, and resource extraction

Environment and Development Economics ◽

10.1017/s1355770x03001232 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 203-224 ◽

Cited By ~ 92

Author(s):

YOSHITO TAKASAKI ◽

BRADFORD L. BARHAM ◽

OLIVER T. COOMES

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Tropical Forests ◽

Probit Model ◽

Forest Product ◽

Precautionary Savings ◽

Resource Extraction ◽

Targeted Interventions ◽

Local Environments ◽

Ex Post ◽

Food Stock

This paper examines coping strategies in response to covariate flood shocks and idiosyncratic health shocks among riverine peasant households in the Amazonian tropical forests. An assessment of coping strategies reveals that although precautionary savings (food stock and livestock) are important for both types of shocks, ex post labor supply responses in the form of upland cropping and resource extraction (fishing and non-timber forest product gathering) are more common to cope with the flood shock depending on local environments. A bivariate probit model examines what factors shape households' adoption decisions of gathering and fishing as a coping strategy. The analysis reveals an important insurance role of non-timber forest product gathering for the asset poor who have limited options for coping with flood risk. Targeted interventions and programs for the poor to promote sustainable forest resource use are discussed.

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Risk Suicide, Anxiety, and Coping Strategies

10.5772/intechopen.99618 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Francisco Manuel Morales Rodríguez

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Social Withdrawal ◽

First Year ◽

Suicidal Risk ◽

First Year Students ◽

Ex Post ◽

Ex Post Facto ◽

High Level ◽

And Coping ◽

Psychoeducational Interventions

In this paper, we sought to examine the levels of suicidal risk and anxiety, as well as the coping strategies used in a sample of 154 Spanish university students, most of them first-year students, during the situation of confinement and the pandemic. After approval by the Ethics Committee, instruments for the evaluation of these constructs were administered. An ex post facto design was used. A high level of suicide risk was not found in the sample. Statistically significant differences were found in the levels of suicidal risk and anxiety according to gender, with higher scores in both variables for women. Likewise, the coping strategies of self-criticism and social withdrawal show direct associations with the levels of suicidal risk. We conclude by pointing out the relevance of the data obtained for a more effective design of psychoeducational interventions to face these public health problems with the training of effective coping strategies.

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Relationships between test anxiety, self-regulation and strategies for coping with stress, in professional examination candidates

Anales de Psicología ◽

10.6018/analesps.411131 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 276-286

Author(s):

Jorge Amate Romera ◽

Jesús De la Fuente

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Test Anxiety ◽

Negative Impact ◽

School Teacher ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Coping With Stress ◽

Structural Prediction ◽

Ex Post ◽

Ex Post Facto

El objetivo de la investigación fue establecer relaciones de asociación, interdependencia y predicción estructural entre las variables ansiedad evaluativa, authorregulación y estrategias de afrontamiento del estrés. El marco teórico de referencia fue el modelo de la competencia de Studying, Learning, and Performing under Stress (SLPS). Participaron 142 estudiantes, que se estaban preparando en academias de Almería (España) para obtener plaza como maestros en centros públicos. Para la recogida de datos se administraron cuestionarios escritos previamente validados. El diseño fue ex post-facto lineal, con análisis de asociación bivariada, inferenciales (ANOVAs y MANOVAs) y de predicción estructural. Los resultados mostraron una relación negativa entre la ansiedad evaluativa y la autorregulación, especialmente en los estudiantes con alta emocionalidad, con un impacto negativo para la toma de decisiones. También se encontraron relaciones positivas entre la ansiedad evaluativa y las estrategias de afrontamiento del estrés. Por último, se constató la relación de predicción positiva entre la autorregulación y las estrategias de afrontamiento, a la vez que los análisis asociativos e inferenciales destacaron el papel de las metas como determinantes de las estrategias usadas para afrontar el estrés, especialmente, las referidas a la focalización en la resolución de problemas. Se discuten los resultados y se establecen implicaciones para las mejoras de estos procesos en los estudiantes opositores. The research objective was to establish relationships of association, interdependence and structural prediction between the variables of test anxiety, self-regulation and stress coping strategies. The theoretical framework of reference was the Studying, Learning and Performing under Stress (SLPS) Competency Model. Participating were 142 students who were preparing for professional examinations to attain a post as public school teacher (primary education), enrolled at academies in Almería (Spain) for this purpose. Previously validated questionnaires were administered for data collection. The study design was linear ex post-facto, with bivariate, inferential analyses of association (ANOVAs and MANOVAs) and of structural prediction. Results showed a negative relationship between test anxiety self-regulation, especially in students with high emotionality, and a negative impact on decision making. Positive relationships were found between test anxiety and strategies for coping with stress. Finally, a positive predictive relationship was verified between self-regulation and coping strategies, while associative and inferential analyses highlighted the role of goals as determining factors in strategies used for coping with stress, especially strategies that focus on problem solving. Results are discussed and implications for improving these processes in professional examination candidates are established.

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