Examining individuals' social, economic and psychological consequences in earthquake (case study: victims in the western part of Kermanshah)

Subject Areas : sociology

sima parshoo ¹ , sayed naser hejazi ² , asghar mohamdi ³

1 - PhD student in Economic Sociology and Development, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran. (corresponding author). E- mail: [e-mail]
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Isfahan Branch Khorasgan, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2023-05-09 Accepted : 2023-06-27 Published : 2024-03-18

Keywords: Earthquake Consequences, Earthquake Victims, West of Kermanshah, SarPol Zahab, Salas Babajani,

Abstract :

Earthquake is one of the phenomena that, when it occurs, the society faces many dangers and disturbances. Iran is one of the countries that faces numerous and large faults in its wide area. This research was carried out with a sociological approach, with the aim of investigating the social, economic and psychological consequences of the survivors of the West Kermanshah earthquake and with the survey method. The statistical population includes all people over the age of 18 in the cities of Sarpol Zahab and Salas Babajani. Cochran's formula was used to determine the statistical sample (600 people), and a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect information. Data analysis was also done using PLS and SPSS statistical software in two parts, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The findings showed that, the occurrence of an earthquake on all research variables with (sig=0.001) at the alpha level of 0.05 on the sense of social security, social responsibility, adaptability of citizens, social solidarity with others, determinism, sense of economic security, Job changes, mental health, resilience and duty-oriented towards God have an effect.

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