Children's knowledge, cognitions and emotions surrounding natural disasters: An investigation of Year 5 students, Wellington, New Zealand

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Children's knowledge, cognitions and emotions surrounding natural disasters: An investigation of Year 5 students, Wellington, New Zealand

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Massey University

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Massey Research Online

Description

New Zealand schools have a responsibility to ensure that children are informed about potential natural disasters, and are prepared with protective strategies. The present study aimed to investigate children’s knowledge, cognitions, and emotions concerning natural disasters, with a particular focus on earthquakes and tsunami. Thirty Year-5 school students (aged 9-10 years) from the Wellington region of New Zealand participated in researcher-led focus groups. The children were generally well in...

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Research paper

Research format

Journal article

Date created

2013

Creator

King TA / Tarrant RAC

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10179/11350

Related subjects

disasters / education / children / earthquakes / cognitions / knowledge / emotions / preparedness / 1103 Clinical Sciences / 1702 Cognitive Sciences

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