Risk perception following exposure to a job-related electrocution accident: The mediating role of perceived control

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-277

  Greening, Leilani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocution; Personal control; Risk perception; Simulation heuristic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWIMMING POOL;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNS, ELECTRIC; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 0031112513     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(96)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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