Baum A, Fleming I
Department of Medical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Am Psychol. 1993 Jun;48(6):665-72. doi: 10.1037//0003-066x.48.6.665.
Psychological research on stress, disasters, and human-made technological accidents have important implications for policy, planning, and legal resolution of situations caused by environmental hazards. The incidence of technological accidents and catastrophes seems to have increased, and the biobehavioral sequelae of such accidents among victims have implications for mental and physical health as well as for intervention and prevention. In this article, research on the long-term effects of human-made disasters is discussed in the context of contributions that psychological research and theory can make in decisions regarding where potential hazards are located, how they are managed, and how accidents are handled. Unique psychophysiological processes associated with toxic accidents make these stressors more potent and likely to cause long-term uncertainty and chronic stress.
关于压力、灾难和人为技术事故的心理学研究，对由环境危害所引发情况的政策制定、规划以及法律解决具有重要意义。技术事故和灾难的发生率似乎有所上升，此类事故在受害者身上产生的生物行为后遗症，对身心健康以及干预和预防工作都有影响。在本文中，将在心理学研究和理论能够为潜在危害的位置确定、危害管理方式以及事故处理方式等决策提供帮助的背景下，探讨关于人为灾难长期影响的研究。与有毒事故相关的独特心理生理过程，使得这些压力源更具影响力，并且更有可能导致长期的不确定性和慢性压力。
