Trust in risky messages: The role of prior attitudes

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 717-726

  White, Mathew P ^a   Pahl, Sabine ^a   Buehner, Marc ^b   Haye, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory bias; Food additives; Negativity bias; Trust

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVES; HAZARDS; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS;

RISKY MESSAGES;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

FOOD ADDITIVE; VITAMIN;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FOOD SAFETY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK; TRUST;

EID: 0041663916     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00350     Document Type: Article

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