Human response to environmental noise: The role of perceived control

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 341-359

  Hatfield, Julie ^a   Job, R F Soames ^a   Hede, Andrew J ^b   Carter, Norman L ^a   Peploe, Peter ^c   Taylor, Richard ^a   Morrell, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Effects of noise; Learned helplessness; Noise disturbance; Sleep disturbance; Uncontrollability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AIRCRAFT NOISE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036439230     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327558IJBM0904_04     Document Type: Article

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