School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Institute of Governance, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 23;18(11):5565. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115565.
Household preparedness is essential for resilience-building and disaster risk reduction. Limited studies have explored the correlations between place attachment, self-efficacy, and disaster preparedness, especially in the east Asian cultural context. This study investigates the mediating role of self-efficacy between place attachment and disaster preparedness based on data from the 2018 Shandong General Social Survey (N = 2181) in China. We categorized the preparedness behaviors into three specific clusters: material, behavioral and awareness preparedness. Multiple linear regressions and the Sobel Goodman tests were employed to estimate the correlations with the control of necessary confounding variables such as disaster experience, socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. The results demonstrate that both the place attachment and self-efficacy are correlated with higher degrees of overall preparedness and all three types of preparedness, and self-efficacy plays a mediating role between place attachment and disaster preparedness. These findings highlight the importance of promoting place attachment and self-efficacy in the advocacies and outreach activities of disaster preparedness.
家庭备灾对于增强韧性和减少灾害风险至关重要。有限的研究探讨了地方依恋、自我效能感和备灾之间的相关性，特别是在东亚文化背景下。本研究基于 2018 年中国山东综合社会调查（N=2181）的数据，探讨了自我效能感在地方依恋与备灾之间的中介作用。我们将备灾行为分为三类：物资准备、行为准备和意识准备。采用多元线性回归和 Sobel-Goodman 检验，在控制了灾害经历、社会经济和人口统计学特征等必要混杂变量的情况下，估计了这些相关性。结果表明，地方依恋和自我效能感都与更高程度的整体备灾以及所有三种备灾行为相关，并且自我效能感在地方依恋与备灾之间起着中介作用。这些发现强调了在备灾宣传和推广活动中促进地方依恋和自我效能感的重要性。
