Risk tolerance and changes in coronavirus disease (COVID) related health behaviors: A longitudinal study.

Yiyun Shou Michael Smithson Amelia Gulliver Kristen Murray Michelle A Banfield Rachael M Rodney Harris Sonia M McCallum Louise M Farrer Alison L Calear Philip J Batterham

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2022)

The findings suggest that when encouraging protective actions, governments and public authorities should acknowledge variability in the community in responding to risk and consider measures in addition to risk messaging to encourage protective actions among individuals with a high level of risk tolerance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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