Disaster preparedness: Relationships among prior experience, personal characteristics, and distress

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1396-1420

  Sattler, David N ^a   Kaiser, Charles F ^b   Hittner, James B ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

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EID: 0034214616     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02527.x     Document Type: Article

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