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An Empirical Study on Seniors’ Self-efficiency in Evacuation and Self-confidence in Health during Experiments of Fire Evacuation in High-rise Building

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2018, 14(3), pp.1-13
  • DOI : 10.14251/crisisonomy.2018.14.3.1
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general
  • Received : January 18, 2018
  • Accepted : March 21, 2018
  • Published : March 31, 2018

KIM, SOYOUNG 1 JONG HOON KIM 2 Eunkyoung Hwang 3

1서울과학기술대학교
2경민대학교
3한국건설기술연구원

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to provide psychological understanding on seniors’ behavior during fire evacuation in order to reflect the reality of the rapid growth in both seniors and high-rise buildings in Korea. A total of 30 seniors participated in this study, and the results of correlation analysis showed that (1) a low level of confidence had a relationship with a high level of needs on refuge area; (2) the level of confidence on visual and auditory status had relationships with self-efficacy, special exploration, and judgement in risk; and (3) the level of pre-experiment self-efficacy was negatively related with the number of floors they actually passed through. The result of multiple regression analysis revealed that seniors’ confidence on health and cognitive status influenced on pre-experiment self-efficacy, while the result of qualitative analysis implied that the participation in this experiment changed the seniors’ self-efficacy as a meaningful experience. It is necessary to establish a policy and provide education for seniors’ safe evacuation by considering their psychological characteristics.

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