Effects of probabilities, adverse outcomes, and status quo on perceived riskiness of medications: Testing explanatory hypotheses concerning gist, worry, and numeracy

We tested predictions of fuzzy-trace theory that qualitative health status and gist representations (ordinal and categorical) of risks contribute to willingness to start medications, beyond effects of objective risk, emotion (worry), and numeracy. Adults in two experiments were given hypothetical sc...

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Main Authors: Fraenkel, L. (Author), Reyna, V.F (Author), Wilhelms, E.A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Ltd 2018
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