Effects of Anxiety, Disaster Education, and Resources on Disaster Preparedness Behavior (original) (raw)
2012, Journal of Applied Social Psychology
The thrust of this study is to understand the responses of anxiety-prone people to threats like natural disasters. It examines whether anxiety influences disaster preparedness, and whether disaster education and resources mediate between anxiety and disaster preparedness. Data were collected from 300 people, each from floodprone and heatwave affected areas in Orissa, India. Controlling for the influence of age and family type, the results revealed that trait anxiety decreased flood and heatwave preparedness. Further, it was found that disaster education and resources are partial mediators between anxiety and flood preparedness and full mediators between anxiety and heatwave preparedness. Implications of the findings are discussed within the socioeconomic and cultural contexts of India.j asp_853 1..19 In the psychological literature, disaster preparedness (DP) is defined as a self-protective behavior or precautionary behavior. This type of behavior emerges as a response to an impending danger to one's life and property. Many studies have been conducted to identify the factors responsible for individual differences in preparedness to disasters. The factors studied include external factors, such as characteristics of disasters, disaster experi
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