Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Public Culture and Social Services (PCSS 2023)

The analysis of public behavior choice and psychological response under power failure

Authors
Yu Hao1, 2, *, Xiao-han Zhang1, 2, Lin Li3
1School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Changping, Beijing, 102206, China
2Beijing Key Laboratory of New Energy and Low-Carbon Development, North China Electric Power University), Changping, Beijing, 102206, China
3China Electric Power Research Institute Limited, Beijing, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 843099571@qq.com
Corresponding Author
Yu Hao
Available Online 29 October 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-130-2_25How to use a DOI?
Keywords
public behavior; psychological response; power failure
Abstract

Since August 2021, large-scale power failure have occurred abroad for various reasons, including the imbalance between coal supply and demand, the pressure of dual control target of energy consumption, and safety operation problems of the power grid, which have negatively affected the national economy and social development. The study on the behavioral choices and psychological reactions of the public under large power outages is beneficial for the government to respond more scientifically to large power outages and mitigate their impacts. The results show that when the average duration of power outage increases, the public’s psychological state becomes more anxious and angrier, and their behavior is more inclined to actively seek solutions from relevant authorities. Moreover, there were significant differences in the psychological states and behaviors of different educational groups when power outages occurred. The public with a college education and below are more likely to complain, those with bachelor’s degrees tend to have no special reaction when a power outage occurs, those with master’s degrees tend to seek help from relevant departments, and those with doctoral degrees tend to solve the problem by their own and consult the government collectively.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Public Culture and Social Services (PCSS 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 October 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-130-2_25
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-130-2_25How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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