A descriptive study of panic spreading in a closed area building during a disaster

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D. Ahmad, D. Fitria, Z. Martha, H. Syaputra, A. Putri

2024 AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 3024 Issue 1 Conference paper Cited by 0 Quartile

Abstract

This study aimed to describe people's panic in a closed area building during a disaster. The research conducted is using descriptive methods with the instrument Panic Spreading Questionnaire. The panic-spreading questionnaire has 14 items already valid and has a very high level of reliability based on the field test. The result is that people will panic when a disaster happens in a closed-area building, they will panic until the disaster stop. However, people will calm down when there are stimuli to calm down, and their evacuation is complete. © 2024 Author(s).

Affiliations

Department of Mathematics, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia; Department of Statistics, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia; Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia