Doomsday Preppers: Mental Health and Personality

This video answers the questions: What are Preppers (Doomsday Preppers, Disaster Preppers)? Concerns about the end of the world have been featured in the media for many years (e.g. The Walking Dead, I am legend, World War Z, Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, Oblivion, Zombieland, The Postman, and Mad Max). Many themes have emerged including survival, resisting evil, adaptation, and rebuilding society. Some of those concerned with these themes have started preparing for a collapse of society. I examine possible personality and mental health characteristics associated with these behaviors. References: Norah Campbell, Gary Sinclair & Sarah Browne (2019) Preparing for a world without markets: legitimising strategies of preppers, Journal of Marketing Management, 35:9-10, 798-817, DOI: 10.1080/0267257X.2019.1631875 Disaster Prepper: Health, Identity, and American Survivalist Culture Kabel, Allison;Chmidling, Catherine Human Organization; Fall 2014; 73, 3; ProQuest, pg. 258 Kyrios, M., Mogan, C., Moulding, R., Frost, R. O., Yap, K., & Fassnacht, D. B. (2018). The cognitive–behavioural model of hoarding disorder: Evidence from clinical and non‐clinical cohorts. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 25(2), 311–321. https://doi-org.mylibrary.wilmu.edu/1... Moulding, R., Nedeljkovic, M., Kyrios, M., Osborne, D., & Mogan, C. (2017). Short‐term cognitive–behavioural group treatment for hoarding disorder: A naturalistic treatment outcome study. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 24(1), 235–244. https://doi-org.mylibrary.wilmu.edu/1... Raines, A. M., Oglesby, M. E., Allan, N. P., Short, N. A., & Schmidt, N. B. (2016). Understanding DSM-5 Hoarding Disorder: A Triple Vulnerability Model. Psychiatry, 79(2), 120–129. Support Dr. Grande on Patreon:   / drgrande