The effect of catastrophe potential on the interpretation of numerical probabilities of the occurrence of hazards

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1453-1467

  Verplanken, Bas ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031575140     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb01608.x     Document Type: Article

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