Action tendencies and characteristics of environmental risks

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-337

  Böhm, Gisela ^a,c   Pfister, Hans Rüdiger ^b,d  

^a PH Ludwigsburg ^*  (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GMD ^*  (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER IPSI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotional responses; Environmental psychology; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DISASTER; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CAUSALITY; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034202826     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(00)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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