TRAIT ANXIETY AND PERCEPTION OF A POTENTIAL NUCLEAR-POWER-PLANT DISASTER

Authors
MEHTA MD SIMPSONHOUSLEY P
Citation
Md. Mehta et P. Simpsonhousley, TRAIT ANXIETY AND PERCEPTION OF A POTENTIAL NUCLEAR-POWER-PLANT DISASTER, Psychological reports, 74(1), 1994, pp. 291-295
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
74
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
291 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1994)74:1<291:TAAPOA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This study explored how trait anxiety interacts with various demograph ic variables in influencing how potential nuclear power disaster is as sessed by a random sample of 150 adults (77 women, 73 men) who live ne ar a nuclear power plant. Expectation of a future nuclear power plant disaster was positively related to high trait-anxiety elevations in wo men who were childless.