College of Management, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 8;19(8):4515. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084515.
Disaster preparation can reduce the impact of an earthquake on residents. Residents are more likely to undertake disaster preparedness if they perceive it to be effective. However, few studies have analyzed the influence of trust on this perception. This study surveyed 327 households in areas stricken by the Wenchuan and Lushan earthquakes to explore these issues. Trust was divided into government trust, emotional trust, and social trust, while the efficacy of disaster preparedness was divided into self-efficacy and response efficacy. A partial least squares structural equation model was used to explore the influence of trust on perceptions of the efficacy of disaster preparedness. The results show that: (1) government trust can directly increase perceived efficacy and indirectly increase self-efficacy via emotional trust; (2) emotional trust can directly increase self-efficacy; (3) social trust can directly reduce self-efficacy while indirectly increasing it by increasing emotional trust. This study deepens our understanding of the relationship between trust and perceptions of the efficacy of disaster preparedness. This study can provide inspiration to improve risk communication and construct systems of community-based disaster-prevention.
灾难准备可以减轻地震对居民的影响。如果居民认为灾难准备有效，他们更有可能进行灾难准备。然而，很少有研究分析信任对这种看法的影响。本研究调查了汶川和芦山地震灾区的 327 户家庭，以探讨这些问题。信任分为政府信任、情感信任和社会信任，而灾难准备的效果分为自我效能和反应效能。采用偏最小二乘结构方程模型探讨信任对灾难准备效果感知的影响。结果表明：（1）政府信任可以通过情感信任直接增加感知效能，并间接增加自我效能；（2）情感信任可以直接增加自我效能；（3）社会信任可以直接降低自我效能，同时通过增加情感信任间接增加自我效能。本研究深化了我们对信任与灾难准备效果感知之间关系的理解。本研究可为改善风险沟通和构建基于社区的防灾系统提供启示。
