Age Differences in Tornado Warning Responses and Emotions

Autor:	Clarke Peterson, Marita A. O’Brien
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Medical Terminology Meteorology Tornado warning Age differences Environmental health Injury prevention Community resident Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Psychology Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Medical Assisting and Transcription
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 61:26-30
ISSN:	1071-1813 2169-5067
DOI:	10.1177/1541931213601501
Popis:	Empowering tornado-prone community residents to effectively prepare for and respond to tornado warnings is a significant challenge for public safety. Although several studies have investigated participant knowledge, response intentions and behavior to different warnings, few studies have evaluated actual responses to tornado warnings from a sufficiently large sample to reveal the greatest challenges and opportunities for increasing compliance. This study examined warning knowledge and tornado experiences of 30 college students and 30 older community residents in two tornado-prone states. Findings corroborated prior research but also highlighted the need to understand how information gathering supports individual judgments of warning relevance at specific times and locations. We also found age differences in the type of information utilized to make these judgments, highlighting the need for focused community education and communication. Analysis of tornado aftermath emotional experiences particularly supports the NWS’s proposal to exploit disaster aftermath priming to increase compliance.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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