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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"perception of danger"”.
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Police perception of danger
… has highlighted the relationship between danger, stress, and the well-being of police officers. Still, gaps remain in understanding officers' perceptions of danger. This study addresses these gaps by exploring the concept of subjective danger perception, a cognitive and emotional response …
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Violent Imagery in Affiliation and Achievement Situations
… to have demonstrated that men tend to perceive danger in situations of affiliation while women tend to perceive danger in situations of achievement. Their study utilized responses to Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) pictures. Violent imagery in the responses was interpreted as indicating fear. …
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Analysing the effectiveness of pictograms as a hazard communication mechanism to reduce child exposure to chemicals in South Africa
… are essential for informing child caregivers of the dangers associated with chemical products. However, for caregivers to protect their own health and their children from the harm of toxic chemicals, it is important that they understand label information as scientifically intended. Therefore, …
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A Virtual ethnography of the Black Flag Cafe: a forum for people who travel to dangerous places.
This research explores the followers of the book The World’s Most Dangerous Places. These tourists deliberately travel to dangerous destinations where there is a high level of violence due to civil unrest, conflict or war. The research has focused on the Black Flag Café, an online tourism-based …
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Analysis of Seismicity and Related Seismic Risk in Muslim Countries: Case Studies from Afghanistan and Pakistan
… Pakistan. Cultural biases provided predictions of risk perceptions and risk-taking preferences that were often more powerful than measures of knowledge and experience. In Muslim communities, perception of risk was influenced by the teachings of Islam and related rituals, traditions, and culture. …
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Occupational related consequences for relatives of firefighters
Firefighters are exposed to a high prevalence of both occupational and traumatic stress, consequently protective factors, such as social support, become highly relevant to the well-being of this population. Accordingly the psychological health of firefighters is maintained, in part, by their family …
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Attentional Processes Associated with Victimization History and Posttraumatic Symptomatology in Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
… Previous research has examined attention as one of the key information processing mechanisms associated with elevated psychopathology and risk for victimization; however, the nature of attentional processing in response to IPV-related information in women exposed to IPV is poorly understood. …
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Landowner Response to a Rural Appalachian Natural Gas Pipeline Project
Recent research identifies a number of factors associated with public support for or opposition to environmentally-contentious energy infrastructure projects. Much of that research documents the attitudes of populations surrounding projects where energy is produced, such as powerhouses, mines, or …