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This volume developed from the December 1962 symposium of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science on human
response to the threat of impending disaster, and brings together
insights gained from more than a decade of empirical research. How
do human beings react to the threat of impending catastrophe? What
is the range of behavior in situations for which neither culture
nor personal experience has provided the individual with an
adequate repertoire of responses? This volume developed from the
December 1962 symposium of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science on human response to the threat of impending
disaster. It brings together insights gained from more than a
decade of empirical research. The focus of the work is on
individual and group responses to catastrophic situations in which
a disaster is expected but has not yet occurred. Although the
contributors represent different disciplines and deal with a
diversity of threatening situations, the work emphasizes a common
conceptual framework. The first part of the book is devoted to
theoretical perspectives which include systems theory, experimental
analogs of stress, and theories of collective behavior. Some of the
specific studies consider groups and individual responses to:
nuclear threat and disaster, space flight, natural disasters, war
and captivity, disease and death. Factors that influence individual
responses to threat, ranging from personality variables,
situational variables, group values, and cultural expectations are
discussed. Although primarily directed to the student of the
behavioral sciences concerned with reaction patterns in the
instance of extreme stress, the book will also be of interest to
organizations in civil defense, Red Cross workers, and communities
and agencies entrusted with public safety. The nonspecialist
interested in the psychology of stress or study of collective
behavior will find this a fascinating volume.
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