How did Community Overcome the Drowning Threat in Jakarta?: The Exploration of Disaster Response Self-efficacy and Its Psychological Factors Rahmadianty Gazadinda (a*), Leila Alya Shofia (a), Nesha Sawwa Avrilla (a), Lola Eka Saputri (a), Dzakia Rahmah Nurunnada (a)
a) Department Psychology, Faculty of Educational Psychology, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia
*r.gazadinda[at]unj.ac.id
Abstract
Background: Jakarta was known as city with a high risk of flood disaster in Indonesia and predicted to face massive disaster in the future. The threat of being sunk in 2050 become more irrefutable since the sea level had been increased extremely while the land subsidence occurred significantly in Jakarta. Interestingly, Jakarta^s citizen appeared to be okay with no sign of any uneasiness even though experiencing flood consistently every year, as if they were ready facing to face the drowning threats.
Purpose: The aims of the study was to evaluate the self-efficacy in disaster preparedness and how the psychological factors contributed in boosting disaster preparedness^ self-efficacy.
Methods: 486 participants were gathered in this study using convenience sampling. All included participants were identified as Jakarta^s citizen proven with the ID card, varied between 17 to 45 years old and live within Jakarta^s area. There were four instruments utilized in this study, namely Disaster Response Self-Efficacy Scale, Place Attachment Scale, Citizen Trust Scale and Natural Disaster Risk Perception Beliefs Scale. Online survey questionnaire was employed during the data collection process. Multiple regression analysis was executed in this study.
Results: This study found that disaster response self-efficacy was significantly affected by place attachment, trust in government and risk perception (F(4, 481)=26.590- P<0.001) with total contribution 42.6%. Each factors included were identified as significant contributor to boost individual^s self-efficacy in disaster preparedness.
Conclusion: Overall, this study confirmed that disaster response self-efficacy was affected by psychological factors-such as place attachment, trust in government and risk perception. This finding implied that psychological factors should be considered as the target of intervention to boost individual^s self-efficacy regarding disaster preparedness. In conclusion, psychological factors were the prominent factors in disaster preparedness, especially among Jakarta citizen that facing the drowning threat.
Keywords: Disaster- disaster preparedness- place attachment- trust- self-efficacy
Topic: Disaster and Emergency
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