Manifest anxiety, general self-efficacy and locus of control as determinants of personal and general risk perception

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-120

  Källmén, Håkan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 0010249005     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136698700376626     Document Type: Article

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