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Factors influencing college student preparedness for severe weather.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Factors influencing college student preparedness for severe weather./
Author:	Findley, Dean Allen.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2015,
Description:	155 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 78-06, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International78-06B.
Subject:	Behavioral Sciences. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10187804
ISBN:	9781369355710

Factors influencing college student preparedness for severe weather.
Findley, Dean Allen.

Factors influencing college student preparedness for severe weather. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2015 - 155 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 78-06, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oklahoma State University, 2015.

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The purpose of this study was to increase our understanding of what factors influence the college student's decision to prepare for severe weather. Of particular interest was the role of social media in that decision-making process. Bandura's social cognitive theory was used to examine social media in this context. Previous disaster research noted the positive influence of traditional media. However, the relationship between social media and preparedness lacked sufficient investigation. Students enrolled at Oklahoma Christian University in the spring of 2015 comprised the study population. Data were collected through an online survey near the end of the semester and analyzed using a variety of quantitative techniques. Differences between actual preparedness and perceived preparedness were also examined. The findings suggested that most college students had taken steps to prepare for severe weather but tended to overestimate those preparedness efforts. Higher levels of actual preparedness were influenced by concern for severe weather and the safety of others, previous severe weather experience, reliance on government websites for disaster information, and scout training. The student's perceived level of preparedness was influenced by responsibility for personal safety, knowledge of severe weather terminology, and reliance on social media for disaster information. Social media failed to demonstrate a positive influence on college student preparedness. Instead, the data suggested that social media may have a negative impact on the student's decision to prepare for severe weather. This study also proposed an alternate approach to studying preparedness based on the timing of anticipated needs during the response phase of a disaster.

ISBN: 9781369355710Subjects--Topical Terms:

789898
Behavioral Sciences.

Factors influencing college student preparedness for severe weather.
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