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Disaster preparedness: a social‐cognitive perspective
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Despite considerable effort and expenditure on public hazard education, levels of disaster preparedness remain low. By integrating and expanding on natural hazards and health research on protective behaviour, this paper proposes a social cognitive model of disaster preparedness. The model describes a developmental process that commences with factors that motivate people to prepare, progresses through the formation of intentions, and culminates in decisions to prepare. Following their critical appraisal, variables implicated at each stage are identified and their role in the preparedness process described. The implications of the model for the conceptualisation and assessment of preparedness is discussed, as is its implications for risk reduction and communication strategies.
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“This recognition of personal responsibility, coupled with elevated self-efficacy, helps motivate preparedness actions (Paton 2003;Wachinger et al. 2013).”
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“The former operate in the coping appraisal process and prevent the formulation of an intention to prepare, whereas the latter work on protection motivation, stopping the translation of these intentions into actions.”
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“These results agree with Paton (2003) and Wachinger et al.'s (2013) argument: when individuals transfer responsibility for their safety to others, preparedness suffers.”
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“Paton (2003), in the development of his social-cognitive preparation model (later renamed Critical Awareness Model), notes a distinction between intention and action.”
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- Authors
- Paton, D.
- Venue
- Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2003-08-01
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 210-216
- ISSN
- 0965-3562
- Cited by
- 548
- References
- 2
- Language
- en
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