Modeling Household Earthquake Hazard Adjustment Intentions: An Extension of the Protection Motivation Theory

While existing literature has explored how hazard experience, salience, and demographics characteristics shape threat appraisal adjustment intentions, this study expands on past studies by exploring additional factors such as qualitative of the hazard, political ideology, oil entanglements appraisals, coping intentions in response to a techna hazard. This builds protection motivation theory (PMT) explore that Oklahomans’ adjust induced seismicity using data collected from households (n=866) across 27 counties Oklahoma have experienced varying levels seismic activity resulting gas exploration. Correlational analyses structural equation modeling show several variables not included original PMT, feelings dread or negative emotions associated with earthquakes, are important predictors adopt adjustments. concludes examining effect risk perceptions can help guide future earthquake management identifying taking appropriate actions will stimulate precautionary behavior private actors.