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Risk perception and experience: hazard personality profiles and individual differences.

J Barnett1, G M Breakwell

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. J.Barnett@surrey.ac.uk

Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
|May 3, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Individual differences in risk perception are influenced by personal experience with risk activities. How people assess risks, especially voluntary versus involuntary ones, depends on the impact, outcome, and frequency of their experiences.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Risk Assessment
  • Decision Science

Background:

  • Traditional risk assessment often focuses on personality traits, overlooking individual differences in risk experience.
  • Limited research explores how personal experience with risk activities shapes risk judgments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the extent to which individual variability in risk experience explains differences in risk assessments.
  • To examine the relationship between specific aspects of risk experience (impact, outcome valence, frequency) and risk perception.
  • To determine if these relationships differ for voluntary versus involuntary risk activities.

Main Methods:

  • A questionnaire study was conducted with 172 participants.
  • Participants assessed their experience and risk perceptions related to 16 different risk activities.

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  • Experience was measured by assessing impact and outcome valence, and frequency.

    • Main Results:

    • All three aspects of experience—impact, outcome valence, and frequency—were related to risk assessment.
    • The nature of these relationships varied significantly depending on whether the risk activities were voluntary or involuntary.
    • Experience with voluntary risks showed different patterns of association with risk perception compared to involuntary risks.

    Conclusions:

    • Individual variability in risk perception is significantly influenced by personal experience with risk activities.
    • Developing more nuanced methods for measuring risk experience is crucial for understanding risk assessment.
    • The distinction between voluntary and involuntary activities is important when analyzing the link between experience and risk perception.