en Presentation of a model of citizens’ preparedness for earthquakes based on personality traits, mediation of fatalism and behavioural consequence شیوه های نوین آموزشی در مدیریت حوادث وسوانح New educational methods in the management of crisis and disasters پژوهشي Research article <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">INTRODUCTION</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: Due to its geographical location, Iran has frequently faced natural disasters, especially earthquakes, which highlight the need to use the disaster management process. The aim of this study is to present a structural model of disasters preparedness and its relation to personality traits, mediation of fate and behavioral consequences of citizens.</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">METHODS</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: This descriptive research is one of the structural equation correlational one. All people aged 18 to 60 living in Tehran city were studied and finally 384 people were selected as a sample based on Morgan table by multi-stage cluster sampling using these questionnaires: a) NEO 5-Factor Inventory (Costa & </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">McCrae</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">, 1985); b) Fatalism (Shamsoddini & Maghsoodi, 2021); c) Behavioral consequences (researcher-made); and d) Household preparedness index for disasters (Nouri, 2016).</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">Cronbach&#39;s alpha coefficient (0.79) was used to assess the reliability of the questionnaires and data were analyzed using SPSS-24, Amos and Lisrel 8.8.</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">FINDINGS</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: The results showed that personality traits (p<0.01) has a positive and significant effect on disaster preparedness. Also, the indirect effects of fatalism (p<0.01) have a negative effect and behavioral consequences (p<0.01) have a positive and significant effect on people&#39;s preparedness against disasters.</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">CONCLUSION</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: According to the research findings, the components of personality traits, fatalism and behavioral consequences have a great impact on people&#39;s tendency to prepare for natural disasters.</span></span></span></span></span></div> <div dir="ltr"></div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">INTRODUCTION</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: Due to its geographical location, Iran has frequently faced natural disasters, especially earthquakes, which highlight the need to use the disaster management process. The aim of this study is to present a structural model of disasters preparedness and its relation to personality traits, mediation of fate and behavioral consequences of citizens.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">METHODS</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: This descriptive research is one of the structural equation correlational one. All people aged 18 to 60 living in Tehran city were studied and finally 384 people were selected as a sample based on Morgan table by multi-stage cluster sampling using these questionnaires: a) NEO 5-Factor Inventory (Costa & </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">McCrae</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">, 1985); b) Fatalism (Shamsoddini & Maghsoodi, 2021); c) Behavioral consequences (researcher-made); and d) Household preparedness index for disasters (Nouri, 2016). </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">Cronbach&#39;s alpha coefficient (0.79) was used to assess the reliability of the questionnaires and data were analyzed using SPSS-24, Amos and Lisrel 8.8.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">FINDINGS</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: The results showed that personality traits (p<0.01) has a positive and significant effect on disaster preparedness. Also, the indirect effects of fatalism (p<0.01) have a negative effect and behavioral consequences (p<0.01) have a positive and significant effect on people&#39;s preparedness against disasters.</span></span><br> <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">CONCLUSION</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span garamond="" style="font-family:">: According to the research findings, the components of personality traits, fatalism and behavioral consequences have a great impact on people&#39;s tendency to prepare for natural disasters.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div> Readiness, Personality traits, Fatalism, Behavioral consequences, Disasters. Readiness, Personality traits, Fatalism, Behavioral consequences, Disasters. 80 88 http://jorar.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-764-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Shahin Fathi Hafeshjani شاهین فتحی هفشجانی ramin3677s@gmail.com 100319475328460012721 100319475328460012721 No PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran دانش آموخته دکتری روانشناسی عمومی گروه روانشناسی، واحد شهرکرد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی،شهرکرد، ایران. Ahmad Ghazanfari احمد غضنفری ramin3677s@yahoo.com 100319475328460012722 100319475328460012722 Yes Department of Psychology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran دانشیار گروه روانشناسی، واحد شهرکرد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، شهرکرد، ایران(نویسنده مسئول). Farhad Jomehri فرهاد جمهری iomidreza@gmail.com 100319475328460012723 100319475328460012723 No Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Shahrekord Branch, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran استادیار مدعوگروه روانشناسی، واحد شهرکرد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، شهرکرد، ایران. Tayebe Sharifi pooriyawinz@gmail.com 100319475328460012724 100319475328460012724 No Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran دانشیار گروه روانشناسی، واحد شهرکرد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، شهرکرد، ایران