Risk perceptions and their relation to risk behavior

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Authors

Noel T. Brewer · Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Neil D. Weinstein · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Cara L. Cuite · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

James E. Herrington · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

The behavior motivation hypothesis was supported in this longitudinal study, but the opposite conclusion (i.e., that higher risk led to less protective behavior) would have been drawn from an incorrect test based only on cross-sectional data. Health researchers should take care in formulating and testing risk-perception-behavior hypotheses.

Topics & Keywords

Viral Infections and Vectors Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Behavioral Health and Interventions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volume 27, Issue 2, pp. 125-130

DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm2702_7

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