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Krzysztof Kaniasty is affiliated with Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a notable focus on clinical psychology and sociology and political science. Their work also extends to emergency medical services, general health professions, and applied psychology.

The scientist's main areas of study include resilience and mental health, migration, health and trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder research. Additional topics of interest include disaster response and management, disaster management and resilience, COVID-19 and mental health, as well as optimism, hope, and well-being.

Kaniasty has published frequently in several academic venues, including:

  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Vaccines

Selected recent papers include:

  • COVID-19: Why Do People Refuse Vaccination? The Role of Social Identities and Conspiracy Beliefs: Evidence from Nationwide Samples of Polish Adults (2022), published in Vaccines
  • The impact of received social support on posttraumatic growth after disaster: The importance of both support quantity and quality (2020), published in Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • A full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Resilience and coping within and beyond Ukraine (2023), published in Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
  • Social cognitive mechanisms in healthcare worker resilience across time during the pandemic (2022), published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Personal mastery and community dedication as mediators of the association of trauma exposure with PTSS and PTG (2020), published in Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kaniasty include:

  • Maria Baran
  • Tomasz Baran
  • Shaul Kimhi
  • Bruria Adini
  • Arielle Kaim

Best Publications

  • 60,000 disaster victims speak: Part I. An empirical review of the empirical literature, 1981-2001.

    Fran H Norris;Matthew J Friedman;Patricia J Watson;Christopher M Byrne

  • Weighing the Costs of Disaster: Consequences, Risks, and Resilience in Individuals, Families, and Communities

    George A. Bonanno;Chris R. Brewin;Krzysztof Kaniasty;Annette M. La Greca

  • Received and perceived social support in times of stress: a test of the social support deterioration deterrence model.

    Fran H. Norris;Krzysztof Kaniasty

  • A test of the social support deterioration model in the context of natural disaster.

    Krzysztof Kaniasty;Fran H. Norris

  • Longitudinal linkages between perceived social support and posttraumatic stress symptoms: sequential roles of social causation and social selection.

    Krzysztof Kaniasty;Fran H. Norris

  • In search of altruistic community: Patterns of social support mobilization following Hurricane Hugo

    Krzysztof Kaniasty;Fran H. Norris

  • Stability and change in stress, resources, and psychological distress following natural disaster: Findings from hurricane Andrew

    Fran H. Norris;Julia L. Perilla;Jasmin K. Riad;Krzysztof Kaniasty

  • Predicting social psychological well-being following trauma: The role of postdisaster social support.

    Krzysztof Kaniasty

  • Help-seeking comfort and receiving social support: The role of ethnicity and context of need.

    Krzysztof Kaniasty;Fran H. Norris

  • Psychological distress following criminal victimization in the general population: Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and prospective analyses.

    Fran H. Norris;Krzysztof Kaniasty

  • Social support in the aftermath of disasters, catastrophes, and acts of terrorism: altruistic, overwhelmed, uncertain, antagonistic, and patriotic communities.

    Krzysztof Kaniasty;Fran H. Norris

  • Social support and victims of crime: matching event, support, and outcome.

    Krzysztof Kaniasty;Fran H. Norris

  • Social support mobilization and deterioration after Mexico's 1999 flood: effects of context, gender, and time.

    Fran H. Norris;Charlene K. Baker;Arthur D. Murphy;Krzysztof Kaniasty

  • Placing Age Differences in Cultural Context: A Comparison of the Effects of Age on PTSD After Disasters in the United States, Mexico, and Poland

    Fran H. Norris;Krzysztof Kaniasty;M. Lori Conrad;Gregory L. Inman

  • Mobilization and Deterioration of Social Support Following Natural Disasters

    Krzysztof Kaniasty;Fran H. Norris

  • Revisiting the Experience–Behavior Hypothesis: The Effects of Hurricane Hugo on Hazard Preparedness and Other Self-Protective Acts

    Fran H. Norris;Tenbroeck Smith;Krzysztof Kaniasty

  • Mental Health and Disasters: Distinctions that Matter: Received Social Support, Perceived Social Support, and Social Embeddedness after Disasters

    Krzysztof Kaniasty;Fran H. Norris

  • Social support, interpersonal, and community dynamics following disasters caused by natural hazards

    Krzysztof Kaniasty

  • Use of mental health services among victims of crime: frequency, correlates, and subsequent recovery.

    Fran H. Norris;Krzysztof Z. Kaniasty;Deborah A. Scheer

  • The impact of natural disaster on the health of older adults: a multiwave prospective study.

    James F. Phifer;Krzysztof Z. Kaniasty;Fran H. Norris

Frequent Co-Authors

Fran H. Norris
Fran H. Norris Dartmouth College
Menachem Ben-Ezra
Menachem Ben-Ezra Ariel University
Sukkyung You
Sukkyung You Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
David Forbes
David Forbes University of Melbourne
Christine Stephens
Christine Stephens Massey University
Yuval Palgi
Yuval Palgi University of Haifa
George A. Bonanno
George A. Bonanno Columbia University
Chris R. Brewin
Chris R. Brewin University College London
Darrin R. Lehman
Darrin R. Lehman University of British Columbia
Annette M. La Greca
Annette M. La Greca University of Miami

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