BeSeCu-S – a self-report instrument for emergency survivors
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Article
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Abstract
Little intercultural research with standardised instruments has been conducted regarding survivors’ responses (i.e. their emotions, cognitions and activities) to emergency situations. Based on results from focus groups, with survivors and experts, as well as a pre-test, a standardised psychological instrument was developed: the BeSeCu-S (Behaviour, Security, and Culture – Survivor). The BeSeCu-S is a questionnaire for people who have experienced an emergency situation where lives and property were threatened and evacuation from a structure was a valid option. It is subdivided into four main stages of such an event: Beginning, Realisation, Evacuation and Aftermath. A total of 1112 survivors from eight different countries and five different emergency situations took part in the field study. The results indicate that the questionnaire can enable researchers to analyse survivors’ responses in relation to pre-, peri- and post-event factors (e.g. emergency knowledge, time to begin evacuating, injuries and posttraumatic stress symptoms). Additionally, analyses across different nationalities, event types and stages of an event appear possible.
DOI
10.1080/13669877.2013.815649
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English
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Taylor & Francis
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2014Is part of
Journal of Risk Research, 2014, Vol 17, Issue 5, p. 601-620
Subject (LEMAC)
Víctimes de catàstrofes--Actituds
Gestió de les situacions d'emergència--Aspectes psicològics
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