Perceived reality of visually mediated hazards and beliefs about risk

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 899-912

  Engelberg, Elisabeth ^a   Sjöberg, Lennart ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FILM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BELIEF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 28644447918     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1128     Document Type: Article

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