Judgment of riskiness: Impact of personality, naive theories and heuristic thinking among female students

Psychology and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-147

  Gana, Kamel ^a   Lourel, Marcel ^b   Trouillet, Raphäl ^c   Fort, Isabelle ^d   Mezred, Djamila ^a   Blaison, Christophe ^a   Boudjemadi, Valérian ^a   K'Delant, Pascaline ^a   Ledrich, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Heuristic; Lay theories; Onset of menopause; Perceived risk; Subjective life expectancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENOPAUSE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649122252     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440802207975     Document Type: Article

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