A Concise Psychometric Tool to Measure Personal Characteristics for Surviving Natural Disasters: Development of a 16-Item Power to Live Questionnaire

The ability of individuals to manage and rebuild their lives after a disaster depends on environmental factors, as well as their own psychological characteristics. A psychometric questionnaire to measure personality traits relevant to disaster survival was proposed based on a large-scale investigati...

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Published in:	Geosciences
Main Authors:	Ryo Ishibashi, Rui Nouchi, Akio Honda, Tsuneyuki Abe, Motoaki Sugiura
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Subjects:	living in shelters personality characteristics of survivors psychometric tool survival after earthquake tsunami evacuation
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/9/366