Correlates of unrealistic risk beliefs in a nationally representative sample

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-235

  Waters, Erika A ^a   Klein, William M P ^b   Moser, Richard P ^b   Yu, Mandi ^b   Waldron, William R ^c   McNeel, Timothy S ^c   Freedman, Andrew N ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health behavior; Unrealistic optimism; Unrealistic pessimism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958296633     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-010-9303-7     Document Type: Article

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