caa a22 4500 467936153 CHVBK 20180406152957.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11069-005-2369-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11069-005-2369-9 The Earthquake Readiness Scale: The Development of a Valid and Reliable Unifactorial Measure [Elektronische Daten] [Matthew Spittal, Frank Walkey, John McClure, Richard Siegert, Kimberley Ballantyne] Preparedness is a key dependent variable in many studies examining people's response to disasters such as earthquakes. A feature of many studies on this issue, however, is the lack of attention given to psychometric issues when constructing measures of preparedness. With regard to earthquake preparation, for example, many studies could be greatly improved by the use of a valid and reliable measure of preparedness. This research developed such a measure that assessed both low-level preparedness, such as having an emergency kit, and high-level preparedness, such as altering home structures to mitigate damage. Studies of Wellington (New Zealand) residents using two samples totalling n=652 showed that 23 items measuring these different aspects of earthquake preparation could be combined into a reliable, valid, unifactorial scale. This brief scale should have utility in multivariate studies of earthquake preparation, either as a dependent variable, where preparation is the outcome variable of primary interest, or as one of several independent variables, where preparation and other measures predict another outcome variable. Springer, 2006 earthquake readiness measure nationallicence mitigation preparedness nationallicence calibration nationallicence scale scores nationallicence Spittal Matthew Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand aut Walkey Frank Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand aut McClure John Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand aut Siegert Richard Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand aut Ballantyne Kimberley Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand aut Natural Hazards Kluwer Academic Publishers 39/1(2006-09-01), 15-29 0921-030X 39:1<15 2006 39 11069 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-005-2369-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-005-2369-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Spittal Matthew Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walkey Frank Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McClure John Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Siegert Richard Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ballantyne Kimberley Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Natural Hazards Kluwer Academic Publishers 39/1(2006-09-01), 15-29 0921-030X 39:1<15 2006 39 11069 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer