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Method: In Study 1, participants were 332 persons in the Philippines who experienced Super Typhoon Haiyan. In Study 2, participants were 709 persons in Fiji who experienced Cyclone Winston. Climate change can increase the size and destructive potential of cyclones and typhoons as a result of warming ocean temperatures, which provides fuel for these storms. Participants completed measures assessing resource loss, posttraumatic stress, coping, social support, posttraumatic growth, and climate change risk perception. Results: Structural equation modeling was used to develop a climate change risk perception model with data collected in the Philippines and to confirm the model with data collected in Fiji. The model showed that climate change risk perception was influenced by resource loss, posttraumatic stress, coping activation, and posttraumatic growth. The model developed in the Philippines was confirmed with data collected in Fiji. Conclusions: Posttraumatic growth played a central role in climate change risk perception. Public health educational efforts should focus on vividly showing how climate change threatens life priorities and that which gives life meaning and can result in loss, stress, and hardship. Disaster response organizations may also use this approach to promote preparedness for disaster threats.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph20021518","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,16]],"date-time":"2023-01-16T02:04:45Z","timestamp":1673834685000},"page":"1518","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Developing a Climate Change Risk Perception Model in the Philippines and Fiji: Posttraumatic Growth Plays Central Role"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3551-7459","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David N.","family":"Sattler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9172, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James M.","family":"Graham","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9172, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Albert","family":"Whippy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Applied Sciences, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Atienza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-4380, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James","family":"Johnson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Weber Group, Suva, Fiji"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"United Nations (2022, November 07). 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