Civil Defense Systems: Social Impact and ... - The Black Vault

UNCLASSIFIEDDOC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CUNTROL NO, /ZMML7AU-726 456 15/1 5/10AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESLARCH PITTSBURGH PAAN EXPLORATORY STUDY TO DETERMINE THEEFFECTS OF PHYSICAL HAZARD oN SHELTERMANAGEMENT BEHAVIORo (U)DLSCRIPTIVE NOTE: FINAL REPT. 1969"19701APR 71 6yP SMITHvRO8ERT We ICOLLINSoROBERT A* IMEAGLEYDONALD Es IRLPTo NO. AIR-77802$-/71'FRCUNTRACT: DAHCZO-68-C-0122UNCLASSIFIED REPORTDESCRIPTORS; (*CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS, FALLOUTbHELTERS)t (oBEHAVIOR* THREAT EVALUATION),(OFALLOUT SHELTERSo *MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING),PERFORMANCE(HUMAN), REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY),STRESS(PSYCHOLOGY)o ADJUSTMENT(PSYCHOLOGY)iANXIETY(U)IDENTIFIERS: THREAT, MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE (U)THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY AAS TO GENERATE APERCEPTION oF EiqVIRONMENTAL THREAT IN SUBJECTS UNDERCONTROLLED CONDITIONS AND TO ASSESS ITS EFFECT ONPERFORMANCE THAT COULD BE RELATED TO FALLOUT SHELTERMANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES. OF THE TEN TESTSUBJECTS# FIVE APPEARED TO PERCEIVE THREAT ASEVIDENCED by NONCOMMITTAL REACTIONS TO CONCERNSEXPRESSED BY THEIR COMPANIONS, OVERT SYMPTOMS OFANXIETY* RELATIVELY FREQUENT ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE*ITH THE RESEARCH STAFFs AND SUBSEQUENT VERBALACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PERCE!VEU THREAT* CLEARRELATIONSnIPS EXISTED BEThEEN THE PERCEPTION OFThREAT ANU MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE, PARTICULARLY INTHE AREA OF SOCIAL 6EHAVIOR. (AUTHOR) (U)gII141UNCLASSIFIED/ZMML7I_