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Societal Dread

Societal Dread is a theoretical construct in risk perception research that denotes the collective anxiety and aversion elicited by human-made, uncontrollable, and potentially catastrophic threats perceived as imposing involuntary and inequitable harm across social groups.

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2017–2026

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Demographic Influences on Risk Perceptions

Ian Savage · Risk Analysis · 1993 · 274 citations

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Dread Risk, September 11, and Fatal Traffic Accidents

Gerd Gigerenzer · Psychological Science · 2004 · 261 citations · Full text

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Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire: Behavioral Reactions to Terrorist Attacks

Gerd Gigerenzer · Risk Analysis · 2006 · 234 citations · Full text

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“Do You Know Your<i>Real</i>Parents?” and Other Adoption Microaggressions

Amanda L. Baden · Adoption Quarterly · 2015 · 123 citations

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Politics, Science, and Dread Disease

Stephen P. Strickland · Harvard University Press eBooks · 1972 · 104 citations

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Authors

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  1. MH
    Mark Honigsbaum

    Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  2. GG
    Gerd Gigerenzer

    Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany

    2 publications · 495 citations

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  3. CB
    Claudia Bassarak

    Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  4. JA
    Jeffrey A. Kurland

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  5. SP
    Stephen P. Strickland

    1 publications · 104 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    142 citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Human Development

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    495 citations

  3. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    495 citations

  4. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. University of Saskatchewan

    Saskatoon, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  6. Montclair State University

    Montclair, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    123 citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  8. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    88 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 132 citations

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  2. Nature

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 37 citations

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  4. Risk Analysis

    2 publications · 508 citations

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  5. Millennium Journal of International Studies

    1 publications · 39 citations

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