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Source: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
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Sloan, Frank A. |
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Information, Risk Perceptions, and Smoking Choices of Youth Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 42,2 (April 2011): 161-193. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/2683q8p634841468/ Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Behavior, Violent; Behavioral Problems; Mortality; Risk Perception; Risk-Taking; Smoking (see Cigarette Use) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Conventional wisdom maintains that youths take risks because they underestimate probabilities of harm. Presumably if they knew the true probabilities, they would behave differently. We used the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to assess whether differences between subjective and objective probabilities that an adverse outcome to self will occur are systematically related to a harmful behavior, initiating smoking. We find that youths are generally pessimistic about probabilities of their own deaths and being violent crime victims. After smoking initiation, youths increase subjective probabilities of death by more than the objective increase in mortality risk, implying recognition of potential harms. Virtually all 12-14 year-olds know that smoking causes heart disease. The minority who believe that smoking causes AIDS are less likely to become smokers; i.e., risk misperceptions deter rather than cause smoking initiation. Messages designed to deter smoking initiation should stress other disadvantages of smoking than just probabilities of harm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Bibliography Citation
Sloan, Frank A. "Information, Risk Perceptions, and Smoking Choices of Youth." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 42,2 (April 2011): 161-193.
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Sloan, Frank A. Platt, Alyssa |
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Information, Risk Perceptions, And Smoking Choices Of Youth Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 42,2 (April 2011): 161-193. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/2683q8p634841468/ Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Behavior; Behavior, Violent; Behavioral Problems; Crime; Mortality; Risk Perception; Risk-Taking; Smoking (see Cigarette Use) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Conventional wisdom maintains that youths take risks because they underestimate probabilities of harm. Presumably if they knew the true probabilities, they would behave differently. We used the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to assess whether differences between subjective and objective probabilities that an adverse outcome to self will occur are systematically related to a harmful behavior, initiating smoking. We find that youths are generally pessimistic about probabilities of their own deaths and being violent crime victims. After smoking initiation, youths increase subjective probabilities of death by more than the objective increase in mortality risk, implying recognition of potential harms. Virtually all 12-14 year-olds know that smoking causes heart disease. The minority who believe that smoking causes AIDS are less likely to become smokers; i.e., risk misperceptions deter rather than cause smoking initiation. Messages designed to deter smoking initiation should stress other disadvantages of smoking than just probabilities of harm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Risk & Uncertainty is the property of Springer Science & Business Media B.V. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) |
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Bibliography Citation
Sloan, Frank A. and Alyssa Platt. "Information, Risk Perceptions, And Smoking Choices Of Youth." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 42,2 (April 2011): 161-193.
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