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Susceptibility Perception

Susceptibility Perception is a psychological construct within the domain of health cognition that denotes an individual's subjective assessment of their vulnerability to a specific health threat, distinguished from related perceptions by its focus on personal risk likelihood in contrast to general awareness or severity judgments.

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45

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2017–2026

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Unrealistic optimism about susceptibility to health problems: Conclusions from a community-wide sample

Neil D. Weinstein · Journal of Behavioral Medicine · 1987 · 1.3K citations

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Why it won't happen to me: Perceptions of risk factors and susceptibility.

Neil D. Weinstein · Health Psychology · 1984 · 873 citations

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Why it won't happen to me: Perceptions of risk factors and susceptibility.

Neil D. Weinstein · Health Psychology · 1984 · 751 citations

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Reducing unrealistic optimism about illness susceptibility.

Neil D. Weinstein · Health Psychology · 1983 · 396 citations

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Perceived susceptibility and self-protective behavior: A field experiment to encourage home radon testing.

Neil D. Weinstein, Peter M. Sandman, Nancy Roberts · Health Psychology · 1991 · 188 citations

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Authors

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  1. ND
    Neil D. Weinstein

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    5 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. DK
    Daria Knoch

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    2 publications · 191 citations

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  3. MV
    Margarete Vollrath

    University of Oslo, Norway

    2 publications · 191 citations

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  4. LC
    Loredana Cassano

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 191 citations

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  5. MJ
    Mindy J. Erchull

    University of Mary Washington, United States

    1 publications · 117 citations

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Institutions

19

  1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    573 citations

  3. Airlangga University

    Surabaya, Indonesia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    39 citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    98 citations

  5. Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences

    Sabzawār, Iran

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    48 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    234 citations

  7. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  8. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

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Venues

  1. Health Psychology

    5 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Journal of Health Communication

    2 publications · 125 citations

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  3. European Journal of Personality

    2 publications · 191 citations

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  4. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

    Repository · 1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. Journal of Behavioral Medicine

    1 publications · 1.3K citations

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