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The effects of social support on nuclear worker responses to the Three Mile Island accident
Author(s) -
Chisholm Rupert F.,
Kasl Stanislav V.,
Mueller Lloyd
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.4030070303
Subject(s) - mile , social support , psychology , nuclear plant , strain (injury) , accident (philosophy) , stress (linguistics) , demographic economics , business , environmental health , social psychology , engineering , medicine , geography , economics , nuclear engineering , physical therapy , linguistics , geodesy , epistemology , philosophy
Abstract This study examines the effects of social support on the reactions of nuclear workers at the Three Mile Island plant and a comparison site to stress during the 1979 crisis. Results show broad main effects of social support on stress, strain, and health outcome variables. Moderating effects of support are highly selective and become less extensive as the hypothesized stress process moves from stress to strain to health outcomes. Findings are compared between the two nuclear plants and with other studies conducted under non‐crisis conditions.