TY - JOUR
T1 - Percentage and verbal category measures of risk likelihood
AU - Weinstein, Neil D.
AU - Diefenbach, Michael A.
PY - 1997/3
Y1 - 1997/3
N2 - Perceptions of personal risk (i.e. risk likelihood) occupy a central role in theories of individual health behavior. There is no agreement, however, concerning the best approach for measuring these perceptions. We compared a percentage scale with a seven-point, verbally labeled scale. Data from college student subjects (N = 215) showed that the correlations between risk factors and risk likelihood judgments for seven health problems were no stronger with one scale than the other. Suggestions for when to use each scale are given.
AB - Perceptions of personal risk (i.e. risk likelihood) occupy a central role in theories of individual health behavior. There is no agreement, however, concerning the best approach for measuring these perceptions. We compared a percentage scale with a seven-point, verbally labeled scale. Data from college student subjects (N = 215) showed that the correlations between risk factors and risk likelihood judgments for seven health problems were no stronger with one scale than the other. Suggestions for when to use each scale are given.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0030980522
U2 - 10.1093/her/12.1.139
DO - 10.1093/her/12.1.139
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030980522
SN - 0268-1153
VL - 12
SP - 139
EP - 141
JO - Health Education Research
JF - Health Education Research
IS - 1
ER -