An Analysis of Factors Affecting College Students' Sense of Crisis

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Liu Kaiwei
Busaya Vongchalitkul
Wallaya Chupradit
Wang-Kun Chen

Abstract

With the rapid development of society and the increasing diversification of students' ideas and concepts, crisis events frequently occur on college campuses, threatening the stability and development of colleges and universities and hindering the construction of harmonious campuses. This study aims to explore the factors that influence college students' sense of crisis. A quantitative analysis method utilizing a questionnaire survey was employed to collect data, and 400 students from universities were randomly selected as respondents. The study tests specific hypotheses and examines the relationship between students' crisis management knowledge, university support for crisis management, and students' crisis awareness. To promote the stable and healthy development of colleges and universities, it is necessary to strengthen the management of crisis incidents among college students and enhance their sense of crisis. Additionally, campus infrastructure construction should be optimized to provide better organization and guarantee of crisis management. Students should be provided with comprehensive crisis awareness education, including the addition of crisis education courses, regular crisis management knowledge lectures, and participation in a variety of safety education activities. To improve their own crisis management skills, students should actively participate in knowledge lectures, safety education activities, and crisis training and education organized by schools. They should also take crisis education courses seriously and continuously enhance their crisis awareness and response abilities

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