eprintid: 15515
rev_number: 21
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2013-09-18 07:54:24
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type: article
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creators_name: Wilke, Martina
creators_name: Haug, Heike
creators_name: Funke, Joachim
title: Risk-specific search for risk-defusing operators
divisions: i-100200
abstract: Active risk-defusing behavior is that performed by decision makers in risky situations when they look for additional actions that decrease the risk and allow them to favor a riskier alternative. Our study demonstrates that risk-defusing behavior depends on the type of risk (normal, medium, catastrophic, or global) as well as on the domain (health, economy, or ecology). In total, 12 scenarios (four types of risk from three risk domains each) were constructed. Using the interview techniques of active information search and thinking aloud, we conducted 120 interviews about decision-making processes with these scenarios. The results showed that active search for different risk-defusing operators depends on the type of risk, but even more on the domain of the scenario. Results suggest a need for further research about a typology of risk situations in which, besides formal classification criteria, content issues are also explored.
date: 2008
id_scheme: DOI
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-1
schriftenreihe_order: 119
ppn_swb: 1464224471
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-155157
language: eng
bibsort: WILKEMARTIRISKSPECIF2008
full_text_status: public
publication: Swiss journal of psychology
volume: 67
number: 1
pagerange: 29-40
citation:   Wilke, Martina ; Haug, Heike ; Funke, Joachim  (2008) Risk-specific search for risk-defusing operators.  Swiss journal of psychology, 67 (1).  pp. 29-40.      
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/15515/1/Wilke_Haug%26Funke_2008_SJP_Risk.pdf