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.
| Translated title of the contribution | An Empirical Study on Seniors’ Self-efficiency in Evacuation and Self-confidence in Health during Experiments of Fire Evacuation in High-rise Building |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-13 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Crisisonomy |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Mar 2018 |