Individual and cultural differences in adaptation to environmental risks  

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Vaughan, Elaine

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: American Psychologist vol. 48 no. 06 (Jun. 1993), page 673-680.

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: A88 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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constructing environmental and health policies appropriate across diverse communities is challenging, group differences In the Circumstances of exposure and In responses to environmental risk are common. Consequences of this variability may become more apparent given recent calls for more deregulation and an increased use of participatory strategies to manage environmental risks. Approaches requiring active public participation will be successfully only if diverse groups can be engaged. Psychological studies of individual differences in risk behaviors can provide policymaker's with insights about why responses vary in risk situations and how effective certain participatory strategies may be across a multicultural society. Responses of Mexican immigrant farm workers to pesticide risk illustrate how the broader context of Exposure can contribute to variability among communities in risk adaptation and affect implementation of innovative policies.

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