Risk perception and New Age beliefs

Risk Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 751-764

  Sjöberg, Lennart ^a   Af Wåhlberg, Anders ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

New Age; Psychopathology; Risk perception; Trust

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SUPERSTITIONS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

IDEOLOGY; PERCEPTION; RISK PERCEPTION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HEALING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SUPERSTITION; SWEDEN; TECHNOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK; SUPERSTITIONS; SWEDEN; TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 0036668730     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.00066     Document Type: Article

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