TY - JOUR T1 - Behavioral patterns in disaster TT - الگوهای رفتاری در بحران JF - ابهاد-نهاجا JO - ابهاد-نهاجا VL - 11 IS - 2 UR - http://ebnesina.ajaums.ac.ir/article-1-62-en.html Y1 - 2008 SP - 27 EP - 32 KW - Disaster KW - Behavioral patterns KW - Disaster management N2 - While control and supervision of behavior are vital to disaster management, they are usually disregarded. Disorder and change in behavioral patterns during a disaster are one of the main factors in disaster management such that disaster can be interpreted as disorder and damage in behavior. Thus behavioral patterns that are created during a disaster are essential in disaster management. Research in behavioral patterns has shown the following determining factors during a disaster: 1. The structures of social relations during a disaster 2. Cultural and religious factors 3. Mental and psychological pressure factors. Victims to such disaster encounter a series of physiological and psychological reactions whose intensity and kind depend on a variety of factors such as: prior experience, intensity of destruction caused, the time between the event and the symptoms and personal emotions. In this review, while mentioning the above mentioned factors, some practical facts about disaster management that have to be considered in such cases are also discussed. M3 ER -