Psychological Vulnerability and Earthquake Risk Perception in Bucharest/Romania
1. University of Bucharest Psychological Vulnerability and Earthquake Risk Perception in Bucharest/Romania Zeno Romeo Cretu (1), Iuliana Armas (2) and Irina Stanciugelu (3) (1) University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology (2) University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography, (3) Public and Administrative Sciences National School
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6. Results 1. The scores of the psychological factors are corelated with demographical and socio-economical characteristics of the subjects. Study areas and sample distributions 2008 = 500 subj 2009 = 1370 subjects 2005-2006 = 500 pers.
7. 1.a. The three factors have different variations, depending on the sex and age of the individuals. For both sexes, significant differences were obtained between age categories for Stress vulnerability factor and for External Locus of Control factor. Men develop an ascending trend of NonSelf-efficacy (or descending trend of efficacy) as they grow older, while women reduce their NonSelf-efficacy for the age of 30–49 category, after which they develop an ascending trend for it.
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