Yıl: 2019 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 4 Sayfa Aralığı: 457 - 467 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.21121/eab.476531 İndeks Tarihi: 26-12-2020

Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters

Öz:
Humanity is exposed to numerous disasters allaround the world. Both natural and man-madedisasters might lead to very important economic andsocial consequences and might pose a significantthreat to public health and its future. Therefore,the attitudes of individuals before, during andafter a possible disaster are worth considering. Thisstudy aims to develop a scale to measure attitudestowards disasters by considering three dimensionsof attitude: cognitive, affective and behavioural. Asurvey-based study was carried out on a sample of787 undergraduates at Afyon Kocatepe University inTurkey. A five-point Likert scale including 23 itemswas used to quantify students’ attitudes. The resultsobtained from the survey revealed a high level ofaffective attitudes and a low level of behaviouralattitudes among the university students. Moreover,affective and behavioural attitudes differed basedon the students’ gender and their study programme.Attitudes towards disasters are not at the requiredlevel according to these measurements made at thelocal level. It is necessary to produce and implementpolicies in the scope of preparation for a possiblecrisis.
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Afet Tutum Ölçeği Geliştirilmesi ve Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Afetlere Karşı Tutumlarının Değerlendirilmesi

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İnsanoğlu, dünyanın dört bir yanında birçok afete maruz kalmaktadır. Hem doğal hem de insan kaynaklı afetler, önemli ekonomik ve sosyal sonuçlara yol açabilmekte; halk sağlığı ve geleceği için önemli bir tehdit oluşturabilmektedir. Bu yüzden bireylerin olası bir afet öncesi, sırası ve sonrası tutumları incelenmeye değer bir konudur. Bu çalışma, tutumun bilişsel, duyuşsal ve davranışsal olan üç boyutunu dikkate alarak, afetlere yönelik tutumları ölçmek için bir ölçek geliştirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi’nde 787 lisans öğrencisi üzerinde ankete dayalı bir çalışma yapılmıştır. Öğrencilerin tutumlarını ölçmek için 23 maddeden oluşan beşli Likert ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen sonuçlar, üniversite öğrencileri arasında yüksek düzeyde duyuşsal tutum ve düşük düzeyde davranışsal tutum olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca, duyuşsal ve davranışsal tutumlar, öğrencilerin cinsiyetleri ve çalışma programlarına göre farklılaşmaktadır. Afetlere yönelik tutumlar, yerel düzeyde yapılan bu ölçümlere göre arzu edilen düzeyde değildir. Olası bir kriz için hazırlık kapsamında politikalar üretmek ve uygulamak gerekmektedir.
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APA Atlı A, KILIÇ İ, Tiryakioğlu M (2019). Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters. , 457 - 467. 10.21121/eab.476531
Chicago Atlı Ayça Hatice,KILIÇ İbrahim,Tiryakioğlu Murad Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters. (2019): 457 - 467. 10.21121/eab.476531
MLA Atlı Ayça Hatice,KILIÇ İbrahim,Tiryakioğlu Murad Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters. , 2019, ss.457 - 467. 10.21121/eab.476531
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ISNAD Atlı, Ayça Hatice vd. "Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters". (2019), 457-467. https://doi.org/10.21121/eab.476531
APA Atlı A, KILIÇ İ, Tiryakioğlu M (2019). Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters. Ege Akademik Bakış, 19(4), 457 - 467. 10.21121/eab.476531
Chicago Atlı Ayça Hatice,KILIÇ İbrahim,Tiryakioğlu Murad Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters. Ege Akademik Bakış 19, no.4 (2019): 457 - 467. 10.21121/eab.476531
MLA Atlı Ayça Hatice,KILIÇ İbrahim,Tiryakioğlu Murad Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters. Ege Akademik Bakış, vol.19, no.4, 2019, ss.457 - 467. 10.21121/eab.476531
AMA Atlı A,KILIÇ İ,Tiryakioğlu M Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters. Ege Akademik Bakış. 2019; 19(4): 457 - 467. 10.21121/eab.476531
Vancouver Atlı A,KILIÇ İ,Tiryakioğlu M Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters. Ege Akademik Bakış. 2019; 19(4): 457 - 467. 10.21121/eab.476531
IEEE Atlı A,KILIÇ İ,Tiryakioğlu M "Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters." Ege Akademik Bakış, 19, ss.457 - 467, 2019. 10.21121/eab.476531
ISNAD Atlı, Ayça Hatice vd. "Development of A Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters". Ege Akademik Bakış 19/4 (2019), 457-467. https://doi.org/10.21121/eab.476531