2026-11-092026-11-09https://scholars.csmu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/38775Countries such as Taiwan and New Zealand have long histories of societal development in areas that expose populations to earthquake risk. A key component of a risk management strategy involves proactively encouraging community members to prepare in ways that increase their earthquake resilience. Cross-cultural comparison, and the analysis of similarities and differences in predictors of earthquake preparedness is of theoretical interest from the viewpoint of identifying the degree to which the processes that underpin how people respond to hazard threats are culturally equivalent. If comparability can be demonstrated, individualist cultures will be able to draw upon expertise gained from work undertaken in collectivist cultures to identify risk management options. Similarly, collectivist cultures can benefit from work in individualist cultures as well. The model will be examined for cross-cultural equivalence was developed to examine how person-, community- and societal-level factors interact to predict whether or not people adopt measures capable of increasing their earthquake resilience. The model proposes that people’s decision to prepare reflects the outcome of a sequence of activities. The process commences with peoples’ outcome expectancy beliefs. If people hold negative outcome expectancy beliefs, it is hypothesized that they will not prepare. If people hold positive outcome expectancy beliefs, they will either proceed to prepare, or, if lacking the information they require, proceed to work with others to articulate their needs and expectations. If these needs cannot be met within the community, it is hypothesized that whether people then prepare is a function of the degree to which community groups perceive themselves being empowered by these sources of information. This predicts levels of trust which, in turn, predicts intentions. Taking the conservative Taiwanese culture into consideration, a single-stage cluster sampling strategy will be applied for participant recruitment. Data collection will involve using a survey. Ten survey respondents will be interviewed to gain a better understanding of the community processes and competencies that underpin people’s decisions to prepare in ways that increase their earthquake resilience. Means-end chain theory will be employed to guide the interview. Data is elicited using the laddering methodology. The AMOS structural modeling program will be used for analysis because it allows statistics to be calculated to test the model as a whole and assess how well the data fit the hypothesized model. For the structured interviews, social network analysis principles will be applied and the given reasons will be summarized in a cognitive map. These data will be used to provide the foundation for specific recommendations for the content and mode of delivery of risk communication strategies for at risk communities. It is expected to develop a theoretically robust and empirically validated model of natural hazard preparedness從台灣和紐西蘭悠久的社會發展史中，可發現境內多處地區的人民籠罩於地震危機之 下，此研究期能分析兩國之間影響人們震災整備因素與應變過程的相稱程度，並藉以建 構一套跨文化且理論與實務並重的天然災害整備模式。假如跨文化比較的相稱性成立， 則個人主義文化國家和集體主義文化國家可參考套用彼此的危機管理模式。這個模式認 為人們對預期結果的信念會影響他們災害整備的決定。此研究假設，如果人們持有負向 的預期結果信念，則他們不會參與災害整備；如果人們持有正向的預期結果信念，則他 們將參與災害整備；或者，就算他們沒有所需的資訊，也會尋求協助，明確地表達他們 的需求與期待；如果社區內的既有資源無法滿足他們的需求，則社區團體對資訊來源的 信賴程度將影響他們參與災害整備的意圖，這可預測社區居民對政府單位的信任程度， 進而預測參與災害整備的意圖。此研究將採單階群集選取樣本，以問卷方式來進行資料 蒐集，AMOS 結構模式軟體將用來分析資料與測試假設模式。十位參與者將接受深度訪 談，以更進一步了解社區居民決定參與災害整備以提升震災韌性的過程與能力，訪談將 依方法目的鏈理論的原則來進行，階梯法則用來深入探索相關資料。Project