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Risk Denial

Risk Denial is a cognitive and behavioral construct in climate change risk perception that refers to the refusal to acknowledge the existence, severity, or human causation of climate change despite scientific evidence, distinguishing it from related constructs such as risk minimization or uncertainty acceptance by its absolute rejection of risk validity.

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113

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75

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2017–2026

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The psychology of denial concerning climate mitigation measures: evidence from Swiss focus groups

Susanne Stoll‐Kleemann, Timothy O’Riordan, Carlo Jaeger · Global Environmental Change · 2001 · 480 citations

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Communicating climate change risks in a skeptical world

John D. Sterman · Climatic Change · 2011 · 229 citations · Full text

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Why are policy innovations rare and so often negative? Blame avoidance and problem denial in climate change policy-making

Michael Howlett · Global Environmental Change · 2014 · 207 citations

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Neutralization theory and the denial of risk: some evidence from cannabis use among French adolescents*

Patrick Peretti‐Watel · British Journal of Sociology · 2003 · 183 citations · Full text

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Choosing Unsafe Sex: AIDS-Risk Denial Among Disadvantaged Women

Sobo Sobo · 1995 · 169 citations

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Authors

113

  1. PP
    Patrick Peretti‐Watel

    Inserm, France

    3 publications · 256 citations

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  2. SH
    Sandrine Halfen

    Inserm, France

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  3. IG
    Isabelle Grémy

    Observatoire Régional de la Santé et du Social, France

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  4. PP
    Patrick Peretti‐Watel

    Aix-Marseille Université, France

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  5. FF
    Fahima Farkhari

    Macquarie University, Australia

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

75

  1. Inserm

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    1K citations

  2. ARPE PACA

    Aix-en-Provence, France

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    200 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    86 citations

  4. Economic & Social Sciences, Health Systems & Medical Informatics

    Marseille, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    176 citations

  5. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    155 citations

  6. Institut National du Cancer

    Boulogne-Billancourt, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  7. Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

    Galway, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    63 citations

  8. Finnish Meteorological Institute

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

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Venues

  1. Global Environmental Change

    2 publications · 687 citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    2 publications · 85 citations

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  3. Climate Services

    1 publications · 64 citations

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  5. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

    ACER · 1 publications · 52 citations

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