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dc.contributor.authorAbunyewah, M.
dc.contributor.authorOkyere, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorOpoku, Mensah, S.
dc.contributor.authorErdiaw-Kwasie, M.
dc.contributor.authorGajendran, T.
dc.contributor.authorByrne, M.K.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-22T17:33:57Z
dc.date.available2024-03-22T17:33:57Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-19
dc.identifier.citationMatthew Abunyewah, Seth Asare Okyere, Seth Opoku Mensah, Michael Erdiaw-Kwasie, Thayaparan Gajendran, Mitchell K. Byrne, Drought impact on peri-urban farmers’ mental health in semi-arid Ghana: The moderating role of personal social capital, Environmental Development, Volume 49, 2024, 100960, ISSN 2211-4645, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100960. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211464523001604)
dc.identifier.issn2211-4645
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100960
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/671693
dc.description.abstractDrought represents a major climate hazard in semi-arid regions. Existing literature has extensively documented drought's economic and environmental impacts across Africa with little attention to the psychological impact of drought. Our study examined the impact of drought on farmers' mental health in the Talensi district, Ghana. In addition, we investigated the moderating effects of personal social capital on the relationships between drought impact and three mental health outcomes-depression, anxiety, and stress. Based on a survey of 507 farmers, drought impact has a positive statistically significant relationship with depression (β = 0.51, p < 0.001), anxiety (β = 0.24, p < 0.05), and stress (β = 0.36, p < 0.001), implying that extended drought and increased severity adversely affect farmers' mental health. Personal social capital was found to be a moderator between drought impacts and mental health outcomes, which suggests that personal social capital is an essential resource to deal with mental health challenges associated with drought. Policy-wise, we submit that integrating psychological support services in climate adaptation initiatives, weaving social capital with other forms of capital (e.g., human, physical, economic, and cultural), and implementing sustainable livelihood diversification programs could mitigate the underlying issues that exacerbate mental health vulnerabilities associated with drought. © 2023 The Authors
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.rights© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectDrought
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectGhana
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subjectPsychological well-being
dc.subjectSemi-arid
dc.titleDrought impact on peri-urban farmers’ mental health in semi-arid Ghana: The moderating role of personal social capital
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dc.contributor.departmentCollege of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona
dc.identifier.journalEnvironmental Development
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