Listening to reporters or engineers? How instance-based messages about building design affect earthquake fatalism

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1956-1973

  McClure, John ^a   Sutton, Robbie M ^b   Sibley, Chris G ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 34548307399     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00245.x     Document Type: Review

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