Table 1 Description of the situational judgement tests and their response options, January-February 2023, Westbank region, occupied Palestinian territories

There is considerable risk of violence in your village. The community is constantly on high alert and there have been regular small-gunfire incidents that affect the psychosocial state and threaten people’s lives every day. What do you do to manage this stress?

Community

You try to stay safe but do not take any exaggerated precautions – you trust that you can trust your intuition and stay safe (4)

AND

You do not take any special precautions – you trust that you can trust your intuition and stay safe (4)

Work with your PRCS CBHFA volunteer to learn about violence prevention and how to provide and receive psychological first aid (3)

You regularly attend meetings in your area to understand the risks facing your family. You keep informed but try to not become paralysed by fear. (2)

You stay home as much as possible, fearful that your safety is always at risk. You also keep your family home as much as possible. (1)

Volunteers

You try to stay safe but do not take any exaggerated precautions – you trust that you can trust your intuition and stay safe (4)

AND

You do not take any special precautions – you trust that you can trust your intuition and stay safe (4)

Work with your PRCS CBHFA volunteer to learn about violence prevention and how to provide and receive psychological first aid (3)

You regularly attend meetings in your area to understand the risks facing your family. You keep informed but try to not become paralysed by fear. (2)

You stay home as much as possible, fearful that your safety is always at risk. You also keep your family home as much as possible. (1)

Road safety SJT

You are fearful that your teenage sons will become involved in one of the traffic accidents

Community

You teach them the correct practices (wearing seatbelt, respect the speed limits) and make them practice safe driving with a licensed careful driver (5)

You work with your PRCS CBHFA volunteer to lead youth sessions about road safety and how people can stay safe in traffic (4)

You allow them to drive the family car only when you or your brother are with them (3)

You forbid your sons from driving or being in a car with their friends (2)

You tell your sons that they should not drive like you do – that you drive the way that you do because you have many years of practice and it is safe to do so (1)

Volunteers

You teach them the correct practices (wearing seatbelt, respect the speed limits) and make them practice safe driving with a licensed careful driver (5)

You work with your PRCS branch supervisor to lead youth sessions about road safety and how people can stay safe in traffic (4)

You allow them to drive the family car only when you or your brother are with them (3)

You forbid your sons from driving or being in a car with their friends (2)

You tell them every day that they must be safe – they must wear a seatbelt, drive the speed limit, and they must drive

safely or you will be very disappointed (1)^a

Waste SJT

Your household produces a lot of rubbish with food waste, packaging materials, and other items that take up a lot of space. There is not enough space in the rubbish bin and the garbage collectors don’t come as they should. You are afraid of rats and other vermin. What do you do?

Community

You throw the compostable waste into a bin for your garden or to give to a friend with a garden. And you talk with your household members about ways to reduce other types of waste (5)

You discuss with your PRCS CBHFA volunteer about possibilities to reduce the waste problem at your home and in the community, for example by creating a common compost to provide nutrients to plants (4)

You watch out for vermin in the rubbish stacked up (e.g. by cleaning the place regularly and use repulsive) until the garbage collectors do come (3)

You give small bags of trash to different household members to get rid of each week wherever they can. You do not ask where they dump the trash – you are just happy it is gone. OR You take the trash to dump in the river or in a common dumping area where others you know of dump the trash (2)

You simply stack up the rubbish until the garbage collectors do come (1)

Volunteers

You throw the compostable waste into a bin for your garden or to give to a friend with a garden. And you talk with your household members about ways to reduce other types of waste (5)

You discuss with your PRCS CBHFA volunteer about possibilities to reduce the waste problem at your home and in the

community, for example by creating a common compost to provide nutriments to plants (4)

You watch out for vermin in the rubbish stacked up (e.g. by cleaning the place regularly and use repulsive) until the

garbage collectors do come (3)

You give small bags of trash to different household members to get rid of each week wherever they can. You do not ask where they dump the trash – you are just happy it is gone. OR You take the trash to dump in the river or in a common dumping area where others you know of dump the trash (2)

You simply stack up the rubbish until the garbage collectors do come (1)