Ian A Apperly, Elisa Back, Dana Samson, Lisa France
The cost of thinking about false beliefs: evidence from adults' performance on a non-inferential theory of mind task
Cognition
people exposed bushfires known heightened risk experiencing mental health challenges farms impacted farmers often risk losing homes also businesses containing livestock infrastructure identities understand psychological experiences farmers exposed fires farms identify coping strategies already employ recover prepare psychologically future bushfires indepth semistructured interviews conducted facetoface via zoom thematic analysis used analyse data using descriptive essentialist approach sixteen farmers andor spouses 50 female median age 508 years owned andor played active role operation farming pastoral enterprise affected farm fire within last 20 years participated participants resided inner regional outer regional remote south australia new south wales seven overarching themes 22 subthemes resulted 1 intense emotions aftermath 2 longterm psychological challenges 3 deliberate focus organising prioritising completing recoveryfocused tasks 4 importance seeking andor accessing support rebuild 5 adopting positive attitude outlook 6 disengaging fromwith community social connection 7 various strategies employed selfregulate emotions study demonstrates unique set psychological challenges australian farmers experience wake farm fire coping strategies report using help manage findings inform development contextually culturally appropriate bushfire recovery preparedness initiatives tailored meet unique needs farmers build upon existing strengths