Research on the Mutation Mechanism of Victim's Psychology and Behavior after Natural Disaster Based on Catastrophe Theory

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10.2991/rac-16.2016.2How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Natural disaster; Victim's psychology and behavior; Cusp catastrophe model; Mutation mechanism; Coping strategy

Abstract

Aiming at the problem of victim's rational and irrational behavior during recovery stage in natural disaster, this paper analyzed the victim's psychological and behavioral characteristics and influencing factors during recovery stage based on lots of literatures and an interview with victims. Besides, a cusp catastrophe model is constructed to explore the mutation mechanism of victim's psychology and behavior at the role of physical demand factors and emotional needs factors. Finally, the paper put forward some strategies to cope with victim's psychology and behavior during recovery stage based on the cusp catastrophe model analysis.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Weiwei Zhang
AU  - Xuanhua Xu
AU  - Bin Pan
PY  - 2016/11
DA  - 2016/11
TI  - Research on the Mutation Mechanism of Victim's Psychology and Behavior after Natural Disaster Based on Catastrophe Theory
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th Annual Meeting of Risk Analysis Council of China Association for Disaster Prevention
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 10
EP  - 19
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/rac-16.2016.2
DO  - 10.2991/rac-16.2016.2
ID  - Zhang2016/11
ER  -