Resilience, coping strategies, and disaster experience: a path analysis of preparedness and avoidance in Taiwan
Abstract Background This study investigates the relationships between resilience dimensions, coping strategies, and prior disaster experience, focusing on disaster preparedness and avoidance behaviors in Taiwan. Methods A total of 550 participants were surveyed, with 57.82% being female and the majo...
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| description | Abstract Background This study investigates the relationships between resilience dimensions, coping strategies, and prior disaster experience, focusing on disaster preparedness and avoidance behaviors in Taiwan. Methods A total of 550 participants were surveyed, with 57.82% being female and the majority aged between 21 and 40 years. Using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and path analysis, we examined six resilience dimensions, which include problem-solving, social support, negative emotion regulation, stable interpersonal relationships, assertiveness, and self-regulation, as predictors of disaster preparedness and avoidance behaviors. Results The models accounted for 41.83–44.83% of the variance in preparedness and 5.43–10.74% of the variance in denial/avoidance. Across all models, problem-solving, assertiveness, and living with family consistently predicted higher preparedness, while income consistently predicted lower denial and avoidance behaviors. Notably, flood experience significantly moderated the relationship between social support and denial/avoidance (β = 0.21, p = .017), indicating that participants with stronger social support who had experienced floods were more likely to engage in denial and avoidance behaviors. Additionally, flood experience negatively moderated the relationship between negative emotion regulation and both preparedness (β = − 0.18, p = .035) and denial/avoidance (β = − 0.23, p = .030), suggesting that individuals with higher emotional regulation were less likely to prepare or deny disaster risks after flood exposure. Conclusion These findings highlight the importance of addressing individual resilience capacities and the complexities of prior disaster experiences in disaster preparedness interventions, with particular attention to vulnerable populations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b18bccbdc87f4474af12e18faaa233c22025-01-19T12:42:09ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582025-01-0125111510.1186/s12889-025-21361-yResilience, coping strategies, and disaster experience: a path analysis of preparedness and avoidance in TaiwanYi-Ling Wu0Tsai-Wen Lin1Jason Lam2Samuel S. C. Wang3Herman H. M. Lo4Master’s Program of Transition and Leisure Education for Individuals with Disabilities, University of TaipeiNational Academy for Education ResearchUniversity of SouthamptonDepartment of Health and Welfare, University of TaipeiDepartment of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityAbstract Background This study investigates the relationships between resilience dimensions, coping strategies, and prior disaster experience, focusing on disaster preparedness and avoidance behaviors in Taiwan. Methods A total of 550 participants were surveyed, with 57.82% being female and the majority aged between 21 and 40 years. Using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and path analysis, we examined six resilience dimensions, which include problem-solving, social support, negative emotion regulation, stable interpersonal relationships, assertiveness, and self-regulation, as predictors of disaster preparedness and avoidance behaviors. Results The models accounted for 41.83–44.83% of the variance in preparedness and 5.43–10.74% of the variance in denial/avoidance. Across all models, problem-solving, assertiveness, and living with family consistently predicted higher preparedness, while income consistently predicted lower denial and avoidance behaviors. Notably, flood experience significantly moderated the relationship between social support and denial/avoidance (β = 0.21, p = .017), indicating that participants with stronger social support who had experienced floods were more likely to engage in denial and avoidance behaviors. Additionally, flood experience negatively moderated the relationship between negative emotion regulation and both preparedness (β = − 0.18, p = .035) and denial/avoidance (β = − 0.23, p = .030), suggesting that individuals with higher emotional regulation were less likely to prepare or deny disaster risks after flood exposure. Conclusion These findings highlight the importance of addressing individual resilience capacities and the complexities of prior disaster experiences in disaster preparedness interventions, with particular attention to vulnerable populations.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21361-yResilienceCoping strategiesDisaster preparednessDisaster avoidancePrior disaster experienceTaiwan |
| spellingShingle | Yi-Ling Wu Tsai-Wen Lin Jason Lam Samuel S. C. Wang Herman H. M. Lo Resilience, coping strategies, and disaster experience: a path analysis of preparedness and avoidance in Taiwan BMC Public Health Resilience Coping strategies Disaster preparedness Disaster avoidance Prior disaster experience Taiwan |
| title | Resilience, coping strategies, and disaster experience: a path analysis of preparedness and avoidance in Taiwan |
| title_full | Resilience, coping strategies, and disaster experience: a path analysis of preparedness and avoidance in Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Resilience, coping strategies, and disaster experience: a path analysis of preparedness and avoidance in Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resilience, coping strategies, and disaster experience: a path analysis of preparedness and avoidance in Taiwan |
| title_short | Resilience, coping strategies, and disaster experience: a path analysis of preparedness and avoidance in Taiwan |
| title_sort | resilience coping strategies and disaster experience a path analysis of preparedness and avoidance in taiwan |
| topic | Resilience Coping strategies Disaster preparedness Disaster avoidance Prior disaster experience Taiwan |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21361-y |
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