[Situational Awareness of Public Response for effective crisis management].

The Coronavirus pandemic, in which public response was and still is central to damage control, has demonstrated how significant psychological and social science insights are for crisis management. Currently, knowledge of public response is often not incorporated into situational reports and, therefore, cannot be sufficiently considered by crisis management teams.With the intent of supporting change, the project "Situational Awareness of Public Response", conducted by the Division of Psychosocial Crisis Management within the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, is currently designing a framework for including public response knowledge in crisis management decision-making.

Warning Messages in Crisis Communication: Risk Appraisal and Warning Compliance in Severe Weather, Violent Acts, and the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: In crisis communication, warning messages are key to informing and galvanizing the public to prevent or mitigate damage. Therefore, this study examines how risk appraisal and individual characteristics influence the intention to comply with behavioral recommendations of a warning message regarding three hazard types: the COVID-19 pandemic, violent acts, and severe weather.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey examined 403 German participants from 18 to 89 years ( = 29.