The role of psychological
adaptations in the forming of students behavioral adaptations in dealing with volcano
eruptions in disaster-prone areas of Mount Merapi
Hafida Siti Hadiyati Nur, Isa Nor Kalsum Mohd, Ibrahim Mohd Hairy and Jumadi
Disaster Advances; Vol. 15(7); 18-26;
doi: https://doi.org/10.25303/1507da018026; (2022)
Abstract
Students' psychological ability to adapt to disaster conditions will be determined
by their location in places prone to eruption disasters. However, psychological
abilities are often forgotten because their effects are not directly visible. This
study aims to find out the role of psychological adaptation on student behavior
in disaster-prone areas of Mount Merapi. This is a quantitative correlational research
and the subjects are high school students who live in Mount Merapi's disaster-prone
area III. In this study, data was collected using questionnaires, interviews and
observations and data was analyzed using regression analysis.
The results showed that psychological abilities affect students' behavior in adapting
to the conditions of the Mount Merapi eruption. In addition, adaptation is unrelated
to gender; female and male students should have equal knowledge and awareness of
the Mount Merapi eruption disaster. Female students also need to be involved in
every process of disaster adaptation in order to create a resilient generation in
the future.
