New research by Dr Michael Mills has found that most people hoarding items such as food and water do so ‘just in case’, rather than because of deeply-held, irrational beliefs that society is on the verge of an imminent collapse.
For details see
- University News Centre article
- paper in the Journal of Risk Research – Preparing for the unknown… unknowns: ‘doomsday’ prepping and disaster risk anxiety in the United States