People's Reactions to Nuclear War: Implications for Psychologists

American Psychologist

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 207-217

  Fiske, Susan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMAN; NUCLEAR WARFARE;

EID: 0023299448     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.42.3.207     Document Type: Article

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