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Title: Public concern about industrial hazards

Abstract

In this paper the authors propose adopting a noncognitive perspective for the understanding of people's anxiety or, its opposite, feelings of security about living near hazardous industrial facilities. Results of their empirical investigations among residents of a heavily industrialized area indicate that at least four qualitatively different response patterns exist: the Secure, the Accepting, the Defensive, and the Vigilant response. In this order manifest anxiety increases, which increase is shown to be a function of the assessment of the threat, of the opportunities for personal control (specific), and of hope (generalized) to bring about a better environment by one's own action. As an application of the usefulness of this typology they discuss the various explanations for the often-observed male/female difference in anxiety regarding industrial threat.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
IMSA Instituut voor Milieu- en Systeemanalyse, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
OSTI Identifier:
6167240
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Risk Anal.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; HAZARDS; PUBLIC OPINION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ATTITUDES; CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMMUNICATIONS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEN; NETHERLANDS; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC INFORMATION; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SITE SELECTION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS; WOMEN; ANIMALS; EUROPE; FEMALES; INFORMATION; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; MALES; MAMMALS; MAN; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES; WESTERN EUROPE; 290300* - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety

Citation Formats

Stallen, P J.M., and Tomas, A. Public concern about industrial hazards. United States: N. p., 1988. Web. doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.1988.tb01177.x.
Stallen, P J.M., & Tomas, A. Public concern about industrial hazards. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1988.tb01177.x
Stallen, P J.M., and Tomas, A. 1988. "Public concern about industrial hazards". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1988.tb01177.x.
@article{osti_6167240,
title = {Public concern about industrial hazards},
author = {Stallen, P J.M. and Tomas, A},
abstractNote = {In this paper the authors propose adopting a noncognitive perspective for the understanding of people's anxiety or, its opposite, feelings of security about living near hazardous industrial facilities. Results of their empirical investigations among residents of a heavily industrialized area indicate that at least four qualitatively different response patterns exist: the Secure, the Accepting, the Defensive, and the Vigilant response. In this order manifest anxiety increases, which increase is shown to be a function of the assessment of the threat, of the opportunities for personal control (specific), and of hope (generalized) to bring about a better environment by one's own action. As an application of the usefulness of this typology they discuss the various explanations for the often-observed male/female difference in anxiety regarding industrial threat.},
doi = {10.1111/j.1539-6924.1988.tb01177.x},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6167240}, journal = {Risk Anal.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 8:2,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988},
month = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988}
}