Risk: From perception to social representation

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-73

  Joffe, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMBOLISM;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0041660653     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466603763276126     Document Type: Review

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