Warnings of Adverse Side Effects Can Backfire Over Time

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1842-1847

  Steinhart, Yael ^a   Carmon, Ziv ^b   Trope, Yaacov ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INSEAD   (Singapore)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; judgment; side effects; warnings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SIDE EFFECTS; STATISTICS; TIME; WARNINGS;

DECISION MAKING; JUDGMENT; SIDE EFFECTS; WARNINGS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883784999     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613478948     Document Type: Article

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