Health Risk Perception

Renner, Britta; Gamp, Martina; Schmälzle, Ralf; Schupp, Harald T.

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“…The co‐occurrence of absolute and comparative lack of reassurance in both studies raises the question of whether the two forms might represent two equivalent rather than two distinctive aspects of the phenomenon. Research on the Unrealistic Optimism or Optimistic Bias, however, suggests that absolute and relative biases are two distinct responses (Shepperd et al., , ; see also Renner et al., ). For example, a study by Lipkus and colleagues () showed that women who dramatically overestimated their personal absolute breast cancer risk, indicating absolute pessimism, were also strongly convinced that their comparative risk was below average, demonstrating comparative optimism.…”

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“…In a similar vein, people are often quite accurate in estimating the relative risk levels of different hazards although they often lack accuracy in estimating absolute risks (e.g. Raude, Fischler, Setbon, & Flahault, ; Renner et al., ; Renner & Schupp, ; Wright, Bolger, & Rowe, ). Extending this line of reasoning, information about one's own absolute and comparative risk status differentially impacts affective, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes (e.g.…”

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“…A lack of reassurance might partly result from a need for self‐verification (Kwang & Swann, ) and might represent an adaptive response. According to the cue adaptive reasoning account (CARA, Renner, ; Renner et al., ; Renner & Schupp, ), unexpected information receives more attention and elaborate processing than expected information. As a consequence, it is more likely that unexpected information is considered as less accurate than expected information (see also Ditto, ; Edwards & Smith, ; Hilton, Klein, & von Hippel, ; Lord, Ross, & Lepper, ).…”

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“…From a psychological perspective, personalised feedback indicating an elevated risk status represents self‐relevant, negative, and threatening information for the self (Ditto & Croyle, ; McQueen, Vernon, & Swank, ; Renner, Gamp, Schmälzle, & Schupp, ; Renner & Schupp, ). When confronted with personalised risk feedback, an often‐replicated finding is that people accept high‐risk health information to a lesser degree than low‐risk information.…”

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Pre‐Feedback Risk Expectancies and Reception of Low‐Risk Health Feedback: Absolute and Comparative Lack of Reassurance

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Renner

2016

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Background Personalised health‐risk assessment is one of the most common components of health promotion programs. Previous research on responses to health risk feedback has commonly focused on the reception of bad news (high‐risk feedback). The reception of low‐risk feedback has been comparably neglected since it is assumed that good news is reassuring and readily received. However, field studies suggest mixed responses to low‐risk health feedback. Accordingly, we examine whether pre‐feedback risk expectancies can mitigate the reassuring effects of good news. Methods In two studies (N = 187, N = 565), after assessing pre‐feedback risk expectancies, participants received low‐risk personalised feedback about their own risk of developing (the fictitious) Tucson Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (TCFS). Study 2 also included peer TCFS risk status feedback. Afterwards, self‐ and peer‐related risk perception for TCFS was assessed. Results In both studies, participants who expected to be at high risk but received good news (unexpected low‐risk feedback) showed absolute lack of reassurance. Specifically, they felt at significantly greater TCFS risk than participants who received expected good news. Moreover, the unexpected low‐risk group even believed that their risk was as high as (Study 1) or higher (Study 2) than that of their peers (comparative lack of reassurance). Conclusion Results support the notion that high pre‐feedback risk expectancies can mitigate absolute and comparative reassuring effects of good news.

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“…It is important to note that the optimistic bias consists of two components: The perception of oneself as compared to average others (e.g., Helweg-Larsen & Shepperd, 2001;Perloff & Fetzer, 1986;Renner, Gamp, Schmälzle, & Schupp, 2015;Weinstein, 1980). Consequently, when investigating whether the extent of comparative optimism changes as a function of actual healthy eating, this change might be driven by people's self-perception or the perception of their average peers.…”

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Comparative optimism about healthy eating

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A B S T R A C TThe present study investigated people's perception of their own as compared to their peers' healthy eating and related these perceptions to actual healthy eating, BMI, and subsequent healthy eating behavior. Data were collected within the framework of the longitudinal cohort study Konstanz Life Study (T1: N = 770; T2: N = 510). Our results demonstrated an optimistic bias on the group level. Specifically, people rated their own eating behavior as healthier on average than that of their average peers. This comparative optimism occurred even when actual healthy eating was unfavorable and BMI was high. However, it increased with actual healthy eating behavior. Importantly, optimistic perceptions were positively related to the intention to eat healthily and healthy eating six months later. Hence, the results suggest that an optimistic comparative view of one's own healthy eating is grounded in reality and boosts rather than deters subsequent health behavior. This implies that there might not be a need to reduce optimistic perceptions of healthy eating behavior.

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Assessment of risk perception and subjective norms related to Mpox (monkeypox) among adult males in Bangladesh: A cross‐sectional study

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Haque,

Ahamed

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Background and Aims: Monkeypox (Mpox) has become a concern worldwide after spreading into nonendemic countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared this a public health emergency of international concern and recommended to get vaccinated first who are at the highest risk. Risk perception and subjective norms can influence the decision of vaccine uptake. Therefore, we intended to perform a cross-sectional study on the male population in our country to assess their risk perception and subjective norms on Mpox. Methods:We measured participants' risk perception and subjective norms using Google form. Demographic profile of participants was obtained using a structured questionnaire. We performed a χ 2 test to compare the levels of risk perception and subjective norm perception and multiple logistic regression analysis to determine the association between the study parameters and the sociodemographic profile of the participants.Results: Among the participants, 93 (23.72%), 288 (73.47%), and 11 (2.81%) had high, medium, and low-risk perceptions, respectively. For subjective norms, we observed 288 (58.16%) participants had a medium, 117 (29.85%) had high, and 47 (11.99%) had low levels of subjective norms, respectively. Most participants possessed medium risk perception (73.47%) and subjective norms (58.16%). Moreover, we observed that moderate risk perception was prevalent in people with body mass index (BMI) level between 18.5 and 25 (73.3%), married (63.5%), low economic background (94.1%), living with a family (77.1%), smokers (68.4%), heterosexuals (99%), people with no/little impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on life (91%). Proportions of people with moderate subjective norms BMI level of 18.5-25 (73.2%), married (60.5%), low economic status (93.9%), rural

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Health Risk Perception

Cited by 42 publications

References 30 publications

Pre‐Feedback Risk Expectancies and Reception of Low‐Risk Health Feedback: Absolute and Comparative Lack of Reassurance

Pre‐Feedback Risk Expectancies and Reception of Low‐Risk Health Feedback: Absolute and Comparative Lack of Reassurance

Comparative optimism about healthy eating

Assessment of risk perception and subjective norms related to Mpox (monkeypox) among adult males in Bangladesh: A cross‐sectional study

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