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Belford, Susan; Gibbs, Margaret – 1987
While research has shown that people are adversely psychologically affected by knowledge that their communities have been toxically contaminated, it has been suggested that those who see a disaster as naturally occurring tend to be less adversely affected than those who see a disaster as caused by human acts. To examine this issue, questionnaires…
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Response