Risk perception and New Age beliefs

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<abstract>The purpose of this article is to investigate the importance of New Age beliefs for risk perception. It does so by first reviewing the phenomenon of the rise of New Age beliefs since the 1960 and discuss the causes of these beliefs. Then the authors proceed to an empirical study where the structure of New Age and some related beliefs are investigeted and their role in accounting for risk perception is mapped</abstract>
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<text>Vol. 22, nº 4, August, 2002 ; p. 751-764</text>
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