The effects of risk-taking tendency on risk choice and pre-and post-decisional information selection

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 647-656

  Meertens, Ree M ^a,b   Lion, Rene ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cognitive dissonance; risk communication; risk perception; risk propensity; risk taking; selective exposure

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; INFORMATION SEARCH; INFORMATION SELECTION; PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTIC; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK DECISION; RISK INFORMATION; RISK TAKING; RISK-TAKING TENDENCY; SELECTIVE EXPOSURE; UNFAMILIAR RISK;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 80051524012     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2010.547254     Document Type: Article

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