Risk perception and worry related to adolescents' judgement of three types of risk

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-84

  Tennfjord, Oddfrid Skorpe ^a   Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Depression; Drug use; Risk perception; Sexual abuse; Worry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DOSAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DEPRESSION; RISK DECISION MODELS; SEXUAL ABUSE;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 33847328324     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870601054886     Document Type: Article

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