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Handbook of personal security / edited by Patrick J. Carroll, Robert M. Arkin, [and] Aaron L. Wichman.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Security (Psychology).
- Uncertainty.
- Social psychology.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Psychology Press, 2015.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- "The issue of psychological security within an increasingly unstable, interconnected world has become a defining challenge of modern individual and cultural life. The terror attacks of September 11, 2001 and the global financial crisis that unfolded in 2008 have intensified a sense of global and personal insecurity. This concern with psychological insecurity is reflected in contemporary culture, politics, the business world, consumer behavior, the arts, and other areas. Within this context, the psychological sciences have kept pace, vigorously investigating these issues. This handbook features the latest theory and research examining cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to security threats. It expands the conceptual focus from specific security threats to the broader range of antecedents, processes, and consequences of psychological security/insecurity. The chapters are organized into four content areas: personal security in individual experience, personal security in interpersonal experience, personal security with cultural and health contexts, and interdisciplinary analyses of personal security. They represent a new and vibrant area of research unified by the common goal of understanding the factors that shape a sense of personal security. Together, these provocative chapters provide new insights that will shape future theory, policy, and practice on this dominant social issue of the new millennium"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Personal security in individual contexts
- part 2. Personal security in interpersonal contexts
- part 3. Personal security in cultural and health contexts
- part 4. Interdisciplinary analyses of personal security.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781315713595
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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