Study type:
Risk communication/perception study
(practical study)
On the origin of worries about modern health hazards: Experimental evidence for a conjoint influence of media reports and personality traits
risk
By:
Witthöft M, Freitag I, Nußbaum C, Bräscher AK, Jasper F, Bailer J, Rubin GJ
Published in: Psychol Health 2018; 33 (3): 361-380
Risk perception
Endpoint
- possible role of biased media reports and personality traits on modern health worries
Considered exposure sources
Investigated group
130 persons took part in a survey and 82 persons in a experimental study in Germany.