The vigilant parent: Parental role salience affects parents' risk perceptions, risk-aversion, and trust in strangers

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 694-697

  Eibach, Richard P ^a   Mock, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Parenthood; Risk perceptions; Risk aversion; Social roles; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952816557     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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