The Day After: A preliminary report on its effects on children.

Contends, on the basis of the findings of J. Schofield and M. Pavelchak (see record 1986-11372-001), that the TV movie, The Day After, was a salient emotional stimulus and that developmental differences in self-reported nuclear war fears should be expected. Preliminary data collected by the present authors, using 126 2nd–6th graders, suggest that Ss' fears were both reactive to environmental events and developmentally mediated. (11 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)