Judgment and Decision-Making Under Stress: An Overview for Emergency Managers

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• Personal Author:
  Kowalski, Kathleen M. ; Vaught C
• Description:
  This paper discusses human judgment and decision-making under stress. The authors review selected recent literature across various disciplines and suggest a definition of stress within the context of decision-making during the management of emergencies. They also discuss fieldwork by the Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, NIOSH, which explores traumatic incident stress, the relationship between previous training and performance under stressful conditions, and human behavior in underground mine fires. The authors assert that stress is one of the factors that decision-makers must contend with in most life-or-death situations. They suggest that a better understanding of individual's judgment and decision-making activities while under stress would yield a better understanding of how people reach the choices they make in emergencies. This enhanced understanding would be of enormous value to emergency managers, researchers, and policymakers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Decision Making Emergencies Emergency Responders Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Stress Behavior Patterns Decision Making Emergency Management Emergency Responders Emergency Response Judgment Mining Mining Industry Physiological Factors Psychological Factors Sociological Factors Stress Training

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021358
• Citation:
  TIEMS, June 18-22, 2001, Oslo, Norway. Oslo, Norway: The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS), 2001 Jun; :CD-ROM
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  TIEMS, June 18-22, 2001, Oslo, Norway,
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e4e396399a85f47b209aa9d76e7b07a5a87557659ca42e2d128cbbc6cf64690ee1eafd62aaeb47b3217bea00d547de7a262a2596803b6662595bc14529074595
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220469/cdc_220469_DS1.pdf
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