A Cognitive-Affective Scale for Hurricane Risk Perception

Risk Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2233-2246

  Trumbo, Craig W ^a   Peek, Lori ^a   Meyer, Michelle A ^b   Marlatt, Holly L ^a   Gruntfest, Eve ^c   McNoldy, Brian D ^d   Schubert, Wayne H ^e  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive affective processes; hurricanes; natural disasters; risk perception

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; HURRICANES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

AFFECTIVE PROCESS; COMPARISON MEASURES; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EVACUATION ORDER; HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS; LOCUS OF CONTROL; NATURAL DISASTERS; OPEN-ENDED RESPONSE;

RISK PERCEPTION;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HURRICANE; INVENTORY; NATURAL DISASTER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958279226     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12575     Document Type: Article

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