BeSeCu-S - a self-report instrument for emergency survivors

Daniela Knuth, Doris Kehl, Ed Galea, Lynn Hulse, Jordi Sans, Lola Vallès, Malin Roiha, Frank Seidler, Eberhard Diebe, Lena Kecklund, Sara Petterson, Jerzy Wolanin, Grzegorz Beltowski, Marek Preiss, Marie Sotolárová, Marketa Holubová, Turhan Sofuoglu, Zeynep Baskaya Sofuoglu, Luca Pietrantoni, Elisa Saccinto and Silke Schmidt

Journal of Risk Research, 2014, vol. 17, issue 5, 601-620

Abstract: Little intercultural research with standardised instruments has been conducted regarding survivors' responses (i.e. their emotions, cognitions and activities) to emergency situations. Based on results from focus groups, with survivors and experts, as well as a pre-test, a standardised psychological instrument was developed: the BeSeCu-S ( Behaviour, Security, and Culture - Survivor ). The BeSeCu-S is a questionnaire for people who have experienced an emergency situation where lives and property were threatened and evacuation from a structure was a valid option. It is subdivided into four main stages of such an event: Beginning, Realisation, Evacuation and Aftermath. A total of 1112 survivors from eight different countries and five different emergency situations took part in the field study. The results indicate that the questionnaire can enable researchers to analyse survivors' responses in relation to pre-, peri- and post-event factors (e.g. emergency knowledge, time to begin evacuating, injuries and post-traumatic stress symptoms). Additionally, analyses across different nationalities, event types and stages of an event appear possible.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2013.815649

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