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Stress and Control‐Related Problems at Three Mile Island 1
Author(s) -
Davidson Laura M,
Baum Andrew,
Collins Daniel L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1982.tb00871.x
Subject(s) - mile , task (project management) , psychology , control (management) , stress (linguistics) , social psychology , gerontology , demography , medicine , engineering , geography , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , geodesy , systems engineering , artificial intelligence , sociology
The relationship between stress and control for residents at Three Mile Island (TMI) was examined. TMI was studied because of the technological nature of the accident there. Residents of Frederick, Maryland, more than 80 miles from TMI, were used as a comparison group. Control‐related problems were measured using questionnaires and a behavioral task. Stress levels were determined using self‐report, behavioral, and biochemical measures. Residents at TMI reported more loss of control and performed more poorly on the behavioral task than did comparison subjects. Subjects at TMI reporting more loss of control had more stress‐associated symptoms than did comparison subjects and subjects at TMI not experiencing as many control‐related problems.