Jan 26, 1990 | Research library
This article compares the experiences of white collar and violent crime victims. It finds victims of white collar crime tend to be older, more affluent and relatively more likely to be female than victim crime; it finds generalised anxiety disorder and major...
Jan 26, 1990 | Research library
Researchers designed two studies to test three components of commitment to an organisation: affective commitment (ie, emotional attachment); continuance (ie, the costs of leaving); and normative (ie, feelings of obligation). They found affective and continuance...
Jan 27, 1989 | Research library
The adjectives “objective” and “subjective” frequently precede the noun “measurement,” but all too often the terms are used without precision. Kerlinger has described objective measurements in terms of reliability. He states,...
Apr 17, 1987 | Research library
This research investigates risk perception, focusing on how individuals assess and evaluate potential hazards and risky technologies. The aim is to support risk analysis and policy-making by offering insights into public reactions to hazards and enhancing risk...
Jan 26, 1983 | Research library
This article reviews research on fear appeals before revising protection motivation theory based on the authors’ literature review.
Jan 9, 1982 | Journal article, Research library
This paper discusses four studies that allowed the authors to develop and validate a scale measuring an individual’s ‘need for cognition’ (that is, an indivdual’s tendency to engage in thinking and enjoy the practice of thinking things through). Notably,...
