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Stress from Risk Uncertainties

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Uncertainty in Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Decision Making

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Abstract

The phenomenon of stress in disasters and emergencies has been examined in a variety of ways over several decades. Results are not cumulative, and a wide range of opinion exists as to the stress impacts of disasters and emergencies on psychological stress. At the same time, stress does have a variety of meanings. Stress--as fear and anxiety versus stress as resulting in illness--does manifest itself in disasters and emergencies. One key reason is the use of uncertain information in ‘presentations to the public. Certain information--even about uncertain risk--can reduce stress. Stress due to the misuse of public information in emergencies can be reduced, and not all stress should be viewed as bad.

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    D. S. Mileti

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  1. National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA

    Vincent T. Covello

  2. Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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  3. Institute for Regulatory Science, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

    Alan Moghissi

  4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

    V. R. R. Uppuluri

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Mileti, D.S. (1987). Stress from Risk Uncertainties. In: Covello, V.T., Lave, L.B., Moghissi, A., Uppuluri, V.R.R. (eds) Uncertainty in Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Decision Making. Advances in Risk Analysis, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5317-1_10

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