Abstract

This study applied the Condition Adjustment Theory to examine how members of Korean society and the safety consciousness of the power class interact from the Sewol disaster to the Itaewon disaster by case(the Sewol disaster, the MERS infectious disease outbreak, the COVID-19 infectious disease outbreak, the Itaewon disaster, etc.). Specifically, we examined how the powerful in Korean society have responded to disasters and disasters that have occurred from the Ferry Sewol disaster to the Itaewon disaster. At the same time, we also looked at how the members' safety consciousness responded and interacted with the safety consciousness of the power class. As a result of the study, it was found that when the safety consciousness of the power class otherized members in danger, the members also otherized the power class. This mutual otherization created another form of transformed risk. In this study, it was considered necessary to exercise authentic leadership to respond to the needs and deficiencies of members in danger as a psychological method of controlling risk. It was also suggested that, in order for the ruling class to effectively address the risks faced by the social community, accidents and disasters should be recognized as matters of regime security and that the entire social system should respond with full force, based on goodwill aimed at meeting the needs and addressing the deprivations of those in danger. Finally, the limitations of this study and the direction of expansion of psychology related to risk response were described.