TY - JOUR
T1 - Look who is warning
T2 - individual differences in motivation activation influence behaviors during disasters
AU - Hong, Seoyeon
AU - Park, Eun Hae
AU - Cameron, Glen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/3/3
Y1 - 2020/3/3
N2 - This study investigated individual differences in responses to disasters based on participants’ motivational reactivity and ethical ideology. Motivational reactivity was measured using the motivational activation measure (MAM), which assesses individual differences in appetitive and defensive system activations. Participants (N = 240) answered survey questions about how they would respond to natural disasters or emergency situations. Results showed that (1) participants with higher defensive activation scores were more likely to report they would share warnings during a disaster situation, (2) high appetitive system activation is associated with high ethical relativism, (3) high defensive system activation is associated with high ethical idealism, and (4) individuals’ personal moral philosophy moderates the effects of MAM score on intention to warn others. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.
AB - This study investigated individual differences in responses to disasters based on participants’ motivational reactivity and ethical ideology. Motivational reactivity was measured using the motivational activation measure (MAM), which assesses individual differences in appetitive and defensive system activations. Participants (N = 240) answered survey questions about how they would respond to natural disasters or emergency situations. Results showed that (1) participants with higher defensive activation scores were more likely to report they would share warnings during a disaster situation, (2) high appetitive system activation is associated with high ethical relativism, (3) high defensive system activation is associated with high ethical idealism, and (4) individuals’ personal moral philosophy moderates the effects of MAM score on intention to warn others. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/13669877.2019.1569100
DO - 10.1080/13669877.2019.1569100
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85061440850
SN - 1366-9877
VL - 23
SP - 398
EP - 410
JO - Journal of Risk Research
JF - Journal of Risk Research
IS - 3
ER -