Table 1.

Respondent’s Profile according to Age

Category

Age Frequency Percentage (%)

15 7 23.33

16 18 60

17 5 16.67

Total 30 100

The results shows that there were 7 grade 10 students (23.33%)

ages 15 years old, 18 grade 10 students (18%) ages 16 years old and 5

grade 10 students (16.67%) ages 17 years old.

Table 2. Shows the Frequency Distribution according to Gender.

Table 2. Respondent’s Profile according to Gender

Category

Gender Frequency Percentage (%)

Female 21 70

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 Male 9 30

Total 30 100

It can be gleaned that 9 of the respondents or 30% of the sample

size are males and 21 grade 10 students or the 70% of the size are

females. Most of the respondents are females. Disasters are stressful

events not only for individuals who suffer from personal loss but also for

the community at large (Khankeh et al., 2011).

Level of Preparedness in terms of Natural Disasters

The second research problem was about the level of preparedness

of Grade 10 students of Antipas National High School in terms in natural

disasters. In table 2, it shows an overall mean of 3.772.

Table 3. Level of Preparedness in terms of Natural Disasters

Indicator Standard Weighted Descriptive

Deviation Mean Equivalent

Typhoon 0.548 3.32 Moderate

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 Earthquake 0.510 3.56 High

Overall Mean 0.141 3.772 High

Legend: Scale Descriptive Equivalent

4.20 - 5.00 Very High
3.40 - 4.19 High
2.60 - 3.39 Moderate
1.80 - 2.59 Low
1.00 - 1.79 Very Low

Table 3. Present the level of preparedness in terms in facing natural

disasters. As presented on the table, for the first indicator for the natural

disaster, the typhoon has a mean of 3.32 interpreted as moderate which

means the level of preparedness of students for the typhoon is just

enough for them to handle this specific disaster physically and mentally.

For the indicator earthquake, it has the highest mean of 3.56 interpreted

as high, which means students are equipped enough in what to be done

during this natural disaster. For the total mean 3.772 interpreted as high,

explains that students have more familiarity and groundwork in facing this

kind of disaster. This result contradicts the statement from the study of

Bollettino (2018) about the respondents’ ranked typhoons as most likely to

affect them of all natural hazards experienced in the Philippines.

Table 4. Level of Preparedness in terms of Natural Disasters by

Gender

Gender Weighted Mean Overall Descriptive

mean
Typhoon Earthquake

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 Male 3.02 3.08 3.05 Moderate

Female 3.26 3.62 3.44 High

Scale: Description: Interpretation:

4.20 - 5.00 Very High
3.40 - 4.19 High
2.60 - 3.39 Moderate
1.80 - 2.59 Low
1.00 - 1.79 Very Low

Table 4. Present the level of preparedness in terms in facing natural

disasters by gender. As presented on the table, for the gender female

interpreted as High with the overall mean 3.44 and while 3.05 for male

interpreted as Moderate. The table also shows that the level of

preparedness in male for the earthquake and typhoon possess lesser

mean than females. It shows that females has higher level of disaster

preparedness than male. According to Padernal (2016), females are more

vigilant than males on disaster risk reduction issues on earthquake,

typhoon, landslides, volcanic eruption and floods because they are more

sensitive about the environmental issues which are attributed to the

gender role that they play in the society.

Significance on the relationship between

Disaster Preparedness and the Anxiety Disorder

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 The result of the single correlation between disaster preparedness

and mental health state are presented in table 5. On the overall

computations yield r-value 0.616 with the probability value of p<0.05 as a

consequence there is a significant relationship between variables.

Table 5. Significant relationship between disaster preparedness and

Anxiety Disorder.

Unstandardized Standard
Model Coefficients Coefficients

B Std. Beta t Sig.

Error

1 (Constant) 1.138 .450 2.529 .017

Disaster .537 .130 .616 4.137
Preparednes
s

R .616

Significant at 0.017 significant level.

Moreover, the rest of the data in table 5 showed a positive

relationship between and among the indicator variables. This mean that

the independent variable, disaster preparedness with its indicators

typhoon and earthquake, were also correlated with dependent variable.

Consequently, a close examination of the data further reveals that

the level of disaster preparedness was positively correlated with all the

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indicators of mental health as evidenced by the r-value of 0.616 and a p-

value of less than 0.05. According to the research of Clay et al. (2014) that

demonstrated a positive connection between disaster preparedness and

anxiety disorder, and probability of a mental disorder following disasters is

due to an absence of preparedness. The result also rejected the

hypothesis of no significant relationship between level of disaster

preparedness and disaster anxiety.

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