Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - An Emotion-based model of risk perception and stigma susceptibility : cognitive appraisals of emotion, affective reactivity, worldviews, and risk perceptions in the generation of technology stigma

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An Emotion-based model of risk perception and stigma susceptibility : cognitive appraisals of emotion, affective reactivity, worldviews, and risk perceptions in the generation of technology stigma / Ellen M. Peters, Burt Burraston, C.K. Mertz

In the present article, the authors examine the interaction between two psychological systems - emotion and cognition - and their joint influence on perceptions and acceptability of radiation sources. They suggest which feelings and thoughts may matter most and use structural equation models to test hypotheses concerning how they likely combine

En: Risk analysis : an international journal. - New York and London. - nº 5, October 2004 ; p. 1349-1367

1. Percepción del riesgo . 2. Comunicación del riesgo . 3. Emociones . 4. Cognición . 5. Análisis de riesgos . 6. Radiación . I. Burraston, Burt . II. Mertz, C.K. . III. Título. IV. Título: Risk analysis : an international journal.