Risky business, healthy lives: how risk perception, risk preferences and information influence consumer’s risky health choices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Spinks ◽  
Son Nghiem ◽  
Joshua Byrnes
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Preferences ◽  
Health Choices ◽  
Risky Business

scholarly journals Risk Preferences and Risk Perception Affect the Acceptance of Digital Contact Tracing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Albrecht ◽  
Jana Bianca Jarecki ◽  
Dominik Meier ◽  
Jörg Rieskamp
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Social Preferences ◽  
Risk Preferences ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Health Risk Perception

Digital contact-tracing applications (DCTAs) can control the spread of epidemics, like the COVID-19 pandemic. But people in Western societies fail to accept DCTAs. Understanding the low acceptance is key to policymakers who support DCTAs to avoid harsh nationwide lock-downs. In a preregistered study in a representative Swiss sample(N=757), we compare the role of individual risk perception, risk preferences, social preferences, and social values in the acceptance of and compliance with DCTA. The results show a low acceptance of DCTAs but high compliance with the measures recommended by DCTAs. Risk preferences and perceptions, but not social preferences, influenced accepting DCTAs; a high health risk perception and a low data-security risk perception increased acceptance. Additionally, supporting political measures, technical abilities, and understanding the DCTA functionality had large effects on accepting DCTAs. Therefore, we recommend highlighting personal health risks and clearly explaining DCTAs, focusing on data security, to enhance DCTA acceptance.

Risky Business: Risk Perception and the Use of Medical Services among Customers of DTC Personal Genetic Testing

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Kaufman ◽  
Juli M. Bollinger ◽  
Rachel L. Dvoskin ◽  
Joan A. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Business Risk ◽  
Use Of Medical Services ◽  
Risky Business

scholarly journals Risky business: an analysis of teacher risk preferences

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel H. Bowen ◽  
Stuart Buck ◽  
Cary Deck ◽  
Jonathan N. Mills ◽  
James V. Shuls
Keyword(s):  
Risk Preferences ◽  
Risky Business

scholarly journals Youth gambling as risky business: An examination of risk perception and perception of skill and luck among Danish adolescents

2014 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Kristiansen ◽  
Sara Marie Jensen ◽  
Maria Camilla Trabjerg
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Irrational Beliefs ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Gambling Behaviour ◽  
Youth Gambling ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Risky Business

This study reports the findings from a national survey on gambling behaviour among students in Danish primary schools, with a special emphasis on risk perception, perceptions of skill and luck, and irrational beliefs. Two thousand two hundred and twenty-three (2,223) primary school students ranging in age from 11 to 17 years completed a questionnaire containing a gambling screen (SOGS-RA) and items measuring gambling behaviour, social networks, and cognitive perceptions. The results showed that the more frequently the individual gambles, the less risky he or she perceives gambling to be. Compared to females, males were less likely to regard frequent gambling as a risky activity, and had more confidence in their own gambling skills. The implications of the findings for further research and preventive measures are discussed.

scholarly journals Risk preferences and risk perception affect the acceptance of digital contact tracing

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Albrecht ◽  
Jana B. Jarecki ◽  
Dominik S. Meier ◽  
Jörg Rieskamp
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Social Preferences ◽  
Risk Preferences ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
German Speaking

AbstractDigital contact-tracing applications (DCTAs) can help control the spread of epidemics, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. But people in Western societies fail to install DCTAs. Understanding the low use rate is key for policy makers who support DCTAs as a way to avoid harsh nationwide lockdowns. In a preregistered study in a representative German-speaking Swiss sample (N = 757), the roles of individual risk perceptions, risk preferences, social preferences, and social values in the acceptance of and compliance with DCTA were compared. The results show a high compliance with the measures recommended by DCTAs but a comparatively low acceptance of DCTAs. Risk preferences and perceptions, but not social preferences, influenced accepting DCTAs; a high health-risk perception and a low data-security-risk perception increased acceptance. Additionally, support of political measures, technical abilities, and understanding the DCTA functionality had large effects on accepting DCTAs. Therefore, we recommend highlighting personal health risks and clearly explaining DCTAs, focusing on data security, to enhance DCTA acceptance.

Motherhood: A Risky Business

1984 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-15
Author(s):  
Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow
Keyword(s):  
Risky Business
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