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ERIC Number: EJ043211
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1971
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Information Seeking in a Natural Stress Situation
Vernon, David T. A.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 55, 4, 359-63, Aug 71
Compares hospitalized tuberculosis patients with informative and uninformative physicians as to their use of library books. Finds that the two groups did not differ in general reading, but that those with uninformative physicians tended to seek out books about tuberculosis and its treatment more often. (MB)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Information Seeking, Stress Variables
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