The myths of disaster education.

Myths, the ultimate survivors in disasters.

The article " Misconception as a Barrier to Teaching about Disasters " by David E. Alexander reviews the extent of belief in the common myths about disaster held by students from the University of Massachusetts and three groups of trainee emergency workers from Italy. As the author noted correctly, it is an important subject, as " learning likely is to be inhibited severely when misconceptions ...

Parental life satisfaction based on parenting myths

Parents' beliefs and attitudes about parenting have a significant effect on their life satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to assess the satisfaction with life in parents based on parental myths of Iranian parents. To examine the parental myths, two questionnaires of Seidi's parenting myth with 69 questions and Kansas family life satisfaction with 4 items were used. Inferential statisti...

Disaster myths and hurricane Katrina 2005: can public officals and the media learn to provide reponsible crisis communication during disasters?

Psychological disaster myths in the perception and management of mass emergencies

Disaster myths are said to be widespread and consequential. However, there has been little research on whether those involved in public safety and emergency response believe them. A survey examined how far police officers, civilian safety professionals, sports event stewards and comparison samples from the public believe the myths “mass panic,” “civil disorder,” and “helplessness.” Respondents ...

Disaster risk assessment pattern in higher education centers

Disasters are one of the most important challenges which must be considered by every management system. Higher education centers have high disaster risk because of their risk factors (existence of historical and scientific documents and resources and expensive laboratory equipment in these centers emphasizes the importance of disaster management). Moreover, the existence of young volunteers of ...