Trait anxiety and perception of a potential nuclear power plant disaster.
This study explored how trait anxiety interacts with various demographic variables in influencing how potential nuclear power disaster is assessed by a random sample of 150 adults (77 women, 73 men) who live near a nuclear power plant. Expectation of a future nuclear power plant disaster was positively related to high trait-anxiety elevations in women who were childless.
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Graduate Programme in Geography, York University, North York, Ontario, Canada.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D009864:Ontario; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011210:Power Plants; D012307:Risk Factors