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Dr. Seol A Kwon
Chungbuk National Univ. in South Korea

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Journal article
Published: 27 July 2021 in Sustainability
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Social distancing, shutdown, and lockdown policies have recently been implemented worldwide to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has caused economic, social, and cultural crises on a global scale. To help create safe communities, we aimed to analyze the factors affecting the public’s anxiety and efficacy to overcome crises. The results show that efficacy is associated with sex, education, central government support, the public hygiene environment, and public hygiene behaviors. Anxiety was shown to have a negative relationship with central government support, a positive relationship with civilian support, and a negative relationship with efficacy. For a country to prevent the spread of a novel infectious disease, alleviate the anxiety of the population, and construct a safe community in the midst of a global pandemic, active central government support and response, protection of vulnerable populations, publicization of policies, and crisis management communication are essential. In particular, identifying an evidence-based method to understand and address the psychological and social influences of COVID-19, such as excessive fear and discrimination, providing insight into risk factors associated with future society for policy makers, and establishing potential and sustainable public health communication strategies are of paramount importance.

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Jae-Eun Lee; Seol-A Kwon. A Study on the Public’s Crisis Management Efficacy and Anxiety in a Pandemic Situation—Focusing on the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8393 .

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Jae-Eun Lee, Seol-A Kwon. A Study on the Public’s Crisis Management Efficacy and Anxiety in a Pandemic Situation—Focusing on the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8393.

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Jae-Eun Lee; Seol-A Kwon. 2021. "A Study on the Public’s Crisis Management Efficacy and Anxiety in a Pandemic Situation—Focusing on the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8393.

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Published: 14 October 2020 in Social Sciences
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Historically, the primary agents performing key roles in disaster preparedness, as well as risk mitigation and vulnerability reduction, in Korea have been the central government, local government, and regional government. Recently, and without controversy, the disaster management paradigm has shifted from disaster relief to disaster preparedness, risk mitigation, and vulnerability reduction. This study examines case studies in an effort to document the integral roles that direct victims and their families have played in disaster preparedness. The success of the Foundation for Disaster Preparation, established by survivors of disasters, is analyzed through a framework using media interviews. The results of this study demonstrate that disaster survivors and bereaved families play significant roles as primary agents in the effective management of various regeneration projects as well as in the strengthening of resilience after disasters. As the case studies show, legitimate disaster victims are more informed concerning the requirements for disaster management because they have experienced first-hand the trauma caused by a disaster and its aftermath. These subdivided activities are expected to provide assistance by characteristics of local governments, types of disasters, and targets.

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Seol Kwon; Sang Ryu. What Role Do Disaster Victims Play as the Mainstream for Future Disaster Preparedness in Korea? Case Studies of Foundations Established by Disaster Victims. Social Sciences 2020, 9, 182 .

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Seol Kwon, Sang Ryu. What Role Do Disaster Victims Play as the Mainstream for Future Disaster Preparedness in Korea? Case Studies of Foundations Established by Disaster Victims. Social Sciences. 2020; 9 (10):182.

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Seol Kwon; Sang Ryu. 2020. "What Role Do Disaster Victims Play as the Mainstream for Future Disaster Preparedness in Korea? Case Studies of Foundations Established by Disaster Victims." Social Sciences 9, no. 10: 182.

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Published: 21 April 2020 in Sustainability
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This study aimed to analyze how resource variables (health status, economic affordability, social network, social capital, and neighborhood environment) influence citizens’ intention to pay for and participate in disaster management and safety activities. We compared four psychometric paradigm variables with five resource variables and analyzed how the latter moderate the relationships of the perception variables with intention to pay and to participate. A regression analysis revealed that willingness to pay was mainly explained by trust, followed by social capital, economic affordability, perceived risk, and experience, respectively. Participation was explained by knowledge, social capital, age, trust, and social network, respectively. Gender, trust, and social capital had an influence both on willingness to pay and to participate. Perceived risk, knowledge, and trust had a moderating effect on willingness to pay, but this effect depended on the quality of the neighborhood environment. Trust, knowledge, and stigma had a moderating effect on participation intention, but this effect depended on social capital and the neighborhood environment.

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Seoyong Kim; Seol A. Kwon; Jae Eun Lee; Byeong-Cheol Ahn; Ju Ho Lee; Chen An; Keiko Kitagawa; Dohyeong Kim; Jaesun Wang. Analyzing the Role of Resource Factors in Citizens’ Intention to Pay for and Participate in Disaster Management. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3377 .

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Seoyong Kim, Seol A. Kwon, Jae Eun Lee, Byeong-Cheol Ahn, Ju Ho Lee, Chen An, Keiko Kitagawa, Dohyeong Kim, Jaesun Wang. Analyzing the Role of Resource Factors in Citizens’ Intention to Pay for and Participate in Disaster Management. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (8):3377.

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Seoyong Kim; Seol A. Kwon; Jae Eun Lee; Byeong-Cheol Ahn; Ju Ho Lee; Chen An; Keiko Kitagawa; Dohyeong Kim; Jaesun Wang. 2020. "Analyzing the Role of Resource Factors in Citizens’ Intention to Pay for and Participate in Disaster Management." Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3377.

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Published: 13 February 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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After the 2011 “Oxy accident” involving deaths from humidifier disinfectants, Korean consumers’ anxiety about chemical products has risen. To provide timely, appropriate information to consumers, we must understand their risk recognition and explore methods of safety information provision. We investigated Korean consumers’ level of risk perception for chemical products depending on the provision of safety information and other factors. We conducted an online survey for 10 days with 600 adult Korean consumer participants and analyzed seven factors: catastrophic potential, controllability, familiarity, fear, scientific knowledge, and risk for future generations. Our results showed that married women over 30 perceived chemical products as higher risk, but when information was provided on how to use products safely, catastrophic potential, controllability, fear, scientific knowledge, as well as risk perception, increased significantly. When only risk diagnosis information was provided, catastrophic potential, fear, and risk for future generations remained static, but familiarity had a negative effect (R^2 = 0.586). Age and scientific knowledge affected the recognition of risk when safe risk management methods were provided (R^2 = 0.587). Risk controllability did not have any effect on risk perception. These results suggest that providing information about avoiding or dealing with risks has a positive effect on consumers’ risk perception.

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Seol-A Kwon; Hyun-Jung Yoo; Eugene Song. Korean Consumers’ Recognition of Risks Depending on the Provision of Safety Information for Chemical Products. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 1207 .

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Seol-A Kwon, Hyun-Jung Yoo, Eugene Song. Korean Consumers’ Recognition of Risks Depending on the Provision of Safety Information for Chemical Products. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (4):1207.

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Seol-A Kwon; Hyun-Jung Yoo; Eugene Song. 2020. "Korean Consumers’ Recognition of Risks Depending on the Provision of Safety Information for Chemical Products." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 4: 1207.

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Published: 27 March 2019 in Sustainability
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The serious problems stemming from climate change require an active response it. This study focuses on the role of value factors in action on climate change. Individuals’ values systematically influence the fundamental orientation of their attitudes and behaviors. Therefore, this study analyzes whether six values, namely: ideology, environmental justice, religiosity, personal norms, scientific optimism, and environmentalism, influence action on climate change directly or indirectly, and compares their effects with perception factors’ impact. The results indicate that religiosity decreased action on climate change, whereas personal norms, science and technology (S&T) optimism, and environmentalism increased such action. Among the perception factors, perceived risks and benefits, trust, and knowledge increased action on climate change. Furthermore, perception factors explained action on climate change more than value factors did. Moreover, value factors (i.e., S&T optimism and environmentalism) moderated the impacts of perceived risks, perceived benefits, and negative emotions on action against climate change.

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Seol-A Kwon; Seoyong Kim; Jae Eun Lee. Analyzing the Determinants of Individual Action on Climate Change by Specifying the Roles of Six Values in South Korea. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1834 .

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Seol-A Kwon, Seoyong Kim, Jae Eun Lee. Analyzing the Determinants of Individual Action on Climate Change by Specifying the Roles of Six Values in South Korea. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (7):1834.

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Seol-A Kwon; Seoyong Kim; Jae Eun Lee. 2019. "Analyzing the Determinants of Individual Action on Climate Change by Specifying the Roles of Six Values in South Korea." Sustainability 11, no. 7: 1834.