Cvetković, V. M., Nikolić, N., Ocal, A., Martinović, J., & Dragašević, A. (2022). A Predictive Model of Pandemic Disaster Fear Caused by Coronavirus (COVID-19): Implications for Decision-Makers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(2), 652. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020652 Article A Predictive Model of Pandemic Disaster Fear Caused by Coronavirus (COVID-19): Implications for Decision-Makers Vladimir M. Cvetkovic´ 1,2,3,*, Neda Nikolic´ 4, Adem Ocal 5, Jovana Martinovic´ 2,3 and Aleksandar Dragaševic´ 4 1 Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Gospodara Vucˇic´a 50, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia 2 Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management, Dimitrija Tucovic´a 121, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia; jovanamartino@gmail.com 3 International Institute for Disaster Research, Dimitrija Tucovic´ 121, 11056 Belgrade, Serbia 4 Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 32102 Cacak, Serbia; neda.nikolic@ftn.kg.ac.rs (N.N.); aleksandar.dragasevic@ftn.kg.ac.rs (A.D.) 5 Independent Researcher, Ankara 06500, Turkey; ocadem@gmail.com * Correspondence: vmc@fb.bg.ac.rs   check for updates Citation: Cvetkovic´, V.M.; Nikolic´, N.; Ocal, A.; Martinovic´, J.; Dragaševic´, A. A Predictive Model of Pandemic Disaster Fear Caused by Coronavirus (COVID-19): Implications for Decision-Makers. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 652. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph19020652 Academic Editor: Antonio Palazón-Bru Received: 7 November 2021 Accepted: 22 December 2021 Published: 7 January 2022 Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affil- iations.   Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). Abstract: This paper presents quantitative research results regarding a predictive model of pandemic disaster fear caused by the coronavirus disease (COVI˙D-19). The aim of this paper was to establish the level and impact of certain demographic and socioeconomic characteristics on pandemic disaster fear caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19). The research was conducted using a questionnaire that was provided and then collected online for 1226 respondents during May 2021. A closed, five-point Likert scale was used to create the structured […]