@article{ref1,
title="Risk taking from the participant's perspective: The case of driving and accident risk",
journal="Health psychology",
year="2006",
author="McKenna, Frank P. and Horswill, Mark S.",
volume="25",
number="2",
pages="163-170",
abstract="Although perceived health risk plays a prominent role in theories of health behavior, its empirical role in risk taking is less clear. In Study 1 (N = 129), 2 measures of drivers' risk-taking behavior were found to be unrelated to self-estimates of accident concern but to be related to self-ratings of driving skill and the perceived thrill of driving. In Study 2 (N = 405), out of a wide range of potential influences, accident concern had the weakest relationship with risk taking. The authors concluded that although health risk is a key feature in many theories of health behavior and a central focus for researchers and policy makers, it may not be such a prominent factor for those actually taking the risk.",
language="",
issn="0278-6133",
doi="10.1037/0278-6133.25.2.163",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.25.2.163"
}