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Voluntary Risk Perception

Voluntary Risk Perception is a psychological construct denoting the degree to which individuals perceive a risk as less threatening when they believe they have personal control over its exposure, distinguishing it from perceptions of risks imposed without consent.

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2017–2026

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Publications

15

Edgework: A Social Psychological Analysis of Voluntary Risk Taking

Stephen Lyng · American Journal of Sociology · 1990 · 1.2K citations

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Edgework: The Sociology of Risk Taking

Jason Laurendeau, Stephen Lyng · The Canadian Journal of Sociology · 2006 · 535 citations · Full text

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Neural correlates of voluntary and involuntary risk taking in the human brain: An fMRI Study of the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART)

Hengyi Rao, Marc Korczykowski, John Pluta et al. · NeuroImage · 2008 · 357 citations · Full text

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'Life would be pretty dull without risk': Voluntary risk-taking and its pleasures

Deborah Lupton, John Tulloch · Health Risk & Society · 2002 · 304 citations

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Risk Perception and Experience: Hazard Personality Profiles and Individual Differences

Julie Barnett, Glynis M. Breakwell · Risk Analysis · 2001 · 281 citations

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Authors

26

  1. GM
    Glynis M. Breakwell

    University of Surrey, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 310 citations

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  2. SL
    Stephen Lyng

    Carthage College, United States

    2 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. BM
    Bjørg‐Elin Moen

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  4. AB
    A. Breukers

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  5. JP
    John Pluta

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    1 publications · 357 citations

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Institutions

14

  1. University of Surrey

    Guildford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    562 citations

  2. University College Cork

    Cork, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  3. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    160 citations

  4. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  5. University of Lisbon

    Lisbon, Portugal

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    71 citations

  6. University of Waikato

    Hamilton, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    1.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Risk Research

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  2. Health Risk & Society

    2 publications · 384 citations

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  3. Studies in Psychology Estudios de Psicología

    1 publications · 71 citations

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  4. American Journal of Sociology

    AJS · 1 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. Phytopathology

    1 publications · 40 citations

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