The impact of the accident at the Three Mile Island on the behavior and well-being of nuclear workers; Part I

Perceptions and evaluations, behavioral responses, and work-related attitudes and feelings

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11021296
AutoresS V Kasl, Rupert F Chisholm, Brenda Eskenazi (0000-0001-7609-6852)
Año1981
Volumen71
Número5
Páginas472-483
Fecha de publicación1981-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.71.5.472
PMID7212135
OpenAlexW1997522471
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

In order to assess the impact of the accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI), telephone interviews were conducted six months later with 324 nuclear workers assigned to TMI and 298 workers assigned to a comparison plant at Peach Bottom (PB). Examination of PB-TMI differences, stratified by supervisory status, revealed the following: Part I: TMI workers reported greater exposure to radiation at the time of the accident and felt that their health had been thereby endangered. TMI workers experienced more uncertainty and conflict at the time of the accident. Coping responses such as seeing a doctor, taking drugs, and increasing alcohol consumption were quite infrequent. Leaving the area was more common; however, over 40 per cent of TMI workers wished to leave but did not do so because of work obligations. TMI workers reported much lower job satisfaction and much greater uncertainty about their job future

Coping (psychology) · Environmental health · Feeling · Geography · Injury prevention · Job satisfaction · Mile · Nuclear plant · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Chemical Safety and Risk Management · Engineering · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology