Mind Over Calamity: Psycho-cultural Traits and Disaster Preparedness in the Communities of Munai Lanao Del Norte, Philippines

This research study was designed to determine the psycho-cultural traits and level of disaster preparedness of the communities in the Municipality of Munai, Lanao del Norte. The nature of the study was quantitative research utilizing descriptive design specifically cross-sectional survey design. It utilized a survey instrument made by the researchers in obtaining primary data in the selected barangays of Munai, Lanao del Norte. The survey instrument was a structured interview schedule since the data collection was administered through personal interviews. A total of two hundred forty-three (243) respondents were interviewed and used as the primary source of data for this study. As to the psycho-cultural traits, the results revealed that people in the community have positive disposition and outlook in life for indicators on attitudes and sentiments in life had a total weighted mean of 4.34 which is interpreted as agree while faith or beliefs in God, oneself, and others obtained a total weighted mean of 4.6 which is interpreted as strongly agree which means that people in the community have strong faith in God and high confidence in oneself and in others. In terms of Level of Disaster Preparedness, both the Local Government Unit (LGU) and the families/households have a “high level” of disaster preparedness. However, in some aspect on the preparedness of the Local Government Unit have been found out to have “low level” specifically in the aspect of emergency devices and emergency alert system.