Citation

Haste H. J. Adolesc. 1989; 12(1): 11-26.

Affiliation

School of Social Sciences, University of Bath, England.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2651495

Abstract

Studies of response to nuclear threat have produced several "typologies" of coping and defense mechanisms. In this paper, a model of the sequence of processes by which people deal with recurrent fears about nuclear war is proposed, drawing on risk perception and stress paradigms. It is shown how the accumulated data can be interpreted in terms of appraisal processes and schemata, and that "activism" is but one coping mechanism rather than the logical outcome of effective coping. The implications for psychologists concerned about the nuclear threat are considered.

Language: en