Emotional, behavioral, and physiological effects of chronic stress at Three Mile Island.

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Baum, Andrew

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1983Description: 8p., 25 refs, 4 tablesReport number: CommercialSubject: Disaster psychologySubject: Evaluates the psychophysiological impact of a powerful environmental stressor - the uncertainty and threat during the aftermath of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. Residents were compared with samples of people living near an undamaged nuclear power plant, people living near a traditional coal-fired power plant, and people living in an area more than 20 miles from any power plant. Results indicated that residents of the Three Mile Island area exhibited more symptoms of stress more than one year after the nuclear accident than did people living under different circumstances. Although the intensity of these problems appears to be subclinical, the persistence of stress may be cause for some concernSubject: Nuclear accidentsSubject: Nuclear power plants

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Reprinted from Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; 1983; Vol 51 No 4; pp565-572

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Disaster psychology

Evaluates the psychophysiological impact of a powerful environmental stressor - the uncertainty and threat during the aftermath of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. Residents were compared with samples of people living near an undamaged nuclear power plant, people living near a traditional coal-fired power plant, and people living in an area more than 20 miles from any power plant. Results indicated that residents of the Three Mile Island area exhibited more symptoms of stress more than one year after the nuclear accident than did people living under different circumstances. Although the intensity of these problems appears to be subclinical, the persistence of stress may be cause for some concern

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