Risk perception: Unrealistic Optimism or realistic expectancy

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART 1, 1999, Pages 731-738

  Todesco, Paolo ^b   Hillman, Stephen B ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0033143578     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.3.731     Document Type: Article

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