Associations between risk perceptions and worry about common diseases: A between- and within-subjects examination

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 434-449

  Shiloh, Shoshana ^a   Wade, Christopher H ^b   Roberts, J Scott ^c   Alford, Sharon Hensley ^d   Biesecker, Barbara B ^e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

likelihood; risk perception; severity; within subjects; worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84875212415     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.737464     Document Type: Article

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