Does heightening risk appraisals change people’s intentions and behavior? A meta-analysis of experimental studies.
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Abstract
Several theories construe risk appraisals as key determinants of decisions and actions, and this idea has been supported in correlational studies. However, correlational data cannot answer the question, "Does heightening risk appraisals change people's intentions and behavior?" The present review meta-analyzed experimental evidence in order to address this issue. We identified 4 elements of risk appraisal-risk perception, anticipatory emotion, anticipated emotion, and perceived severity-and located experiments that (a) engendered a statistically significant increase in risk appraisal among treatment compared to control participants and (b) measured subsequent intention or behavior. Heightening risk appraisals…
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- Psychology
- Cognitive appraisal
- Risk perception
- Psychological intervention
- Coping (psychology)
- Social psychology
- Perceived control
- Perception
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