Typhoon Risk Perception and Positive Coping Behaviors of Middle School Students in Ningbo City

Typhoon disasters usually result in irreversible losses and need effective coping measures. Yet inadequate attention has been paid to the risk perception and risk behaviors of middle school students for typhoon disasters, thereby resulting in lack of effective typhoon disaster education in Ningbo City and even in Zhejiang Province. Such deficiency is not conducive to the implementation of effective measures by society when coping with typhoon disasters. In order to alleviate this deficiency, this study uses Ningbo City as an example to investigate middle school students’ risk perception of typhoon disaster and their positive coping behavior (PCB). This research adopted regression analysis methods to study the impact of economic, liability, personal, and environmental risk perceptions on the active responses of the middle school students to typhoon disasters. Results show that economic, liability, and personal risk perceptions have significant positive effects. The perception of liability and environmental risks is not related to the PCB of the middle school students. Based on the results, policy recommendations are proposed for improving disaster prevention and mitigation education for middle school students in Ningbo City. The research can also provide references for the typhoon disaster prevention and mitigation education in Zhejiang Province and even China.