Self-efficacy, stress, and locus of control: The psychology of earthquake risk perception in Bucharest, Romania

Armaş, Iuliana; Creţu, Romeo Zeno; Ionescu, Radu Tudor

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.02.018

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“…The complex nature of risk representations and COVID-19 behaviors stress the importance of a nuanced approach to health communications. Future research would benefit from including self-efficacy and locus of control variables, as these are factors that relate to affective response and risk perception [ 20 , 21 ]. Moreover, health messages would do well to increase risk perception on a cognitive level but also decrease some of the potential risk-related anxiety, perhaps by increasing self-efficacy [ 22 ].…”

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The Role of Risk Perceptions and Affective Consequences in COVID-19 Protective Behaviors

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Background Slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) requires behavioral changes such as physical distancing (e.g., staying a 6-foot distance from others, avoiding mass gatherings, reducing houseguests), wearing masks, reducing trips to nonessential business establishments, and increasing hand washing. Like other health behaviors, COVID-19 related behaviors may be related to risk representations. Risk representations are the cognitive responses a person holds about illness risk such as, identity (i.e., label/characteristics of risk), cause (i.e., factors causing condition), timeline (i.e., onset/duration of risk), consequences (i.e., intrapersonal/interpersonal outcomes), behavioral efficacy (i.e., if and how the condition can be controlled/treated), and illness risk coherence (i.e., extent to which representations, behaviors, and beliefs are congruent). The current study applies the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM-SR) to evaluate how risk representations may relate to COVID-19 protective and risk behaviors. Methods Participants include 400 workers from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk aged ≥ 18 years and US residents. Participants completed an online survey measuring risk representations (B-IPQ) and COVID-19 related behaviors, specifically, physical distancing, hand washing, and shopping frequency. Results Risk coherence, consequences, timeline, emotional representation, and behavioral efficacy were related to risk and protective behaviors. Conclusions Risk representations vary in their relationship to COVID-19 risk and protective behaviors. Implications include the importance of coherent, targeted, consistent health communication, and effective health policy in mitigating the spread of COVID-19.

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“…For example, a public health survey of sources of anxiety in the high seismic risk areas in the south of the North Island, New Zealand revealed that for some 20% of the population, earthquakes were the most prominent source of anxiety (Paton, Smith, & Johnston, ). An inverse relationship between hazard‐specific anxiety and preparedness has been found for flood, bushfire and earthquake hazards (Armaş, Cretu, & Ionescua, ; Kerstholt, Duijnhoven, & Paton, ; Lamontaigne & La Rochelle, ; McLennan, Cowlishaw, Paton, Beatson, & Elliott, ; Mishra & Suar, ; Paton et al, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…An important source of bonding social capital is the family. Family characteristics such as the degree to which family members share comparable views on the importance of preparedness and relationships between gender role and preparedness activities (Armaş et al, ; Cottrell, ; Garrison & Sasser, ; Kirschenbaum, ) influence levels of preparedness. Cottrell discussed how family conflict regarding the need for or benefit of preparing can reduce the likelihood of family support for preparedness in the home.…”

Section: Preparedness Theoriesmentioning

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Disaster risk reduction: Psychological perspectives on preparedness

Paton

2019

Australian Journal of Psychology

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Facilitating people's ability to anticipate, prepare for and recover from disaster is an important component of the UNISDR strategy for disaster risk reduction. Following a discussion of the functional characteristics of preparedness, this paper first discusses how hazard characteristics and psychological constructs influence people's ability to anticipate uncertain future events. It then reviews how psychological theories (Health Belief Model, Protection Motivation Theory, PrE Theory, Theory of Planned Behaviour, Critical Awareness Theory, Social Marketing, Protective Action Decision Model, Social Capital, Community Engagement Theory and Social Identity Theory) can inform understanding of preparedness for likely and current hazard events. Discussion then then turns to applying concepts and theories to understanding preparedness for current disasters. The all‐hazards and cross‐cultural applicability of preparedness theory is discussed, as are a need for a critical appraisal of preparedness, its predictors, and the nature and development of the preparedness process and its application in facilitating effective intervention strategies.

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“…However, the roles that community cohesion and trust in authorities may play in disaster preparedness are themselves subject to cultural differences. For example, in Romania, one of the most seismically‐active countries in Europe (UN ISDR, 2008), a study by Armaş, Crety and Ionescu (2017) revealed that those citizens who are less concerned about various natural or human‐made hazards, tend to trust an assortment of entities (such as the government, non‐governmental organisations (NGOs), or the fire department) less than those who do worry about disasters in the future. Yet, the same study research found no correlation between citizens’ trust in a particular entity and expected help from that institution.…”

Section: Disaster Risk Perception and Preparednessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disaster preparedness and cultural factors: a comparative study in Romania and Malta

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This exploratory study investigates the relationships between the disaster preparedness of citizens and cultural factors in Romania and Malta. With regard to methodology, quantitative and qualitative data were collected during two Citizen Summits, which consisted of a real‐time survey and focus group discussions. The results point to two specific cultural factors that may bridge this ‘gap’ and be operationalised to enhance people's readiness for a disaster event. In Malta, the findings reveal how community cohesion is altered from a personal to a cultural value, which has the potential to encourage the transformation of preparedness intentions into actual preparedness behaviour. In Romania, meanwhile, the findings highlight the ambivalent aspects of trusting behaviour as a cultural norm on the one hand, and distrust in authorities based on experience and unmet expectations on the other hand. Social media use may reduce this tension between trust and distrust, and thus foster successful disaster risk‐related communication.

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Self-efficacy, stress, and locus of control: The psychology of earthquake risk perception in Bucharest, Romania

Cited by 36 publications

References 24 publications

The Role of Risk Perceptions and Affective Consequences in COVID-19 Protective Behaviors

The Role of Risk Perceptions and Affective Consequences in COVID-19 Protective Behaviors

Disaster risk reduction: Psychological perspectives on preparedness

Disaster preparedness and cultural factors: a comparative study in Romania and Malta

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