This study investigated emotional and behavioural reactions to earthquake in sample of 100 citizen of Fabriano (Italy). Immediate reactions to earthquake (emotions and behaviours) and descriptions of the context of earthquake were derived from structured interviews. Results showed that participants reported that their coping response to earthquake were: flight, freezing, to take shelter, no reactions because they did not realize what was happening, to look for relatives and to try to protect them, to look for additional information from the social environment and to complete previous activities. After the earthquake, participants reported several behavioural reactions: to evacuate, to come back home, to contact family members, to avoid damages, to observe what was happening, to recover personal belongings, to converge in groups, and to carry on previous activities. The most frequent emotional reactions were: fear, powerlessness, worry and terror. Helping behaviors were frequent while looting was practically non-existent. Environmental and social factors had an influence on emotional and cognitive reactions
Questa ricerca ha studiato le reazioni emotive e comportamentali al terremoto in un campione di 100 cittadini di Fabriano.Tramite intervista strutturata sono state raccolte le reazione emotive e comportamentali immediate al terremoto, assieme alla descrizione del contesto sociale e ambientale. I risultati hanno mostrato che le reazioni comportamentali riportate dai partecipanti durante il terremoto sono state: fuga, congelamento, ricerca di riparo sul posto, nessuna reazione, in quanto non si è compreso l’accaduto, ricerca di informazioni nell’ambiente sociale prossimale, ricerca di contatto con familiari e/o tentativo di proteggerli, e termine attività svolte al momento. Dopo il terremoto, i partecipanti hanno riportato diversi comportamenti: evacuazione, ritorno a casa, contatto con familiari, evitamento di danni, osservazione incredula dell’accaduto, recupero dei propri beni, stare in gruppo sul luogo e prosieguo delle attività precedenti. Le reazioni emotive più riportate sono state: paura, impotenza, preoccupazione e terrore. I comportamenti di aiuto sono stati frequenti mentre il saccheggio è praticamente inesistente. I fattori contestuali risultano avere un’influenza sulle reazioni emotive e comportamentali.
Prati G., Catufi V., Pietrantoni L. (2011). Reazioni emotive e comportamentali al terremoto di Umbria e Marche. PSYCHOFENIA, XIV(25), 53-76 [10.1285/i17201632vXIVn25p53].
Reazioni emotive e comportamentali al terremoto di Umbria e Marche
Prati G.;Pietrantoni L.
2011
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This study investigated emotional and behavioural reactions to earthquake in sample of 100 citizen of Fabriano (Italy). Immediate reactions to earthquake (emotions and behaviours) and descriptions of the context of earthquake were derived from structured interviews. Results showed that participants reported that their coping response to earthquake were: flight, freezing, to take shelter, no reactions because they did not realize what was happening, to look for relatives and to try to protect them, to look for additional information from the social environment and to complete previous activities. After the earthquake, participants reported several behavioural reactions: to evacuate, to come back home, to contact family members, to avoid damages, to observe what was happening, to recover personal belongings, to converge in groups, and to carry on previous activities. The most frequent emotional reactions were: fear, powerlessness, worry and terror. Helping behaviors were frequent while looting was practically non-existent. Environmental and social factors had an influence on emotional and cognitive reactionsFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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