Are you willing to risk it? The relationship between risk, regret, and vaccination intent

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-24

  Lagoe, Carolyn ^a   Farrar, Kirstie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

anticipated regret; children; health; risk perceptions; vaccine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; RISK-TAKING; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909944951     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2014.911923     Document Type: Article

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