Citation

Weaver JL, Gerber TN, Hancock PA, Ganey HC. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2003; 9(2): 149-160.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-1390, USA. jweaver@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12820905

Abstract

Research regarding warning compliance has often emphasized the physical aspects of the warning itself. Here, we examine the role of the perceiver in sensation seeking and health orientation as individual difference variables that affect behavioral compliance to a health warning. The experiment used a laboratory-based simulation of a chemistry demonstration that has been used in previous warnings research. In addition, however, individual difference effects of sensation seeking and health orientation were investigated. Among the significant findings were a significant interaction between condition assignment and sensation seeking on compliance outcome and a significant interaction between condition and health orientation. These results indicate that individual difference variables represent significant influences on the degree to which persons comply with warnings.

Language: en