TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Aversion to side effects in preventive medical treatment decisions
JO  - British journal of health psychology
A1  - Waters, Erika A.
A1  - Weinstein, Neil D.
A1  - Colditz, Graham A.
A1  - Emmons, Karen M.
SP  - 383
EP  - 401
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
N2  - Objectives.  Individuals may be overly sensitive to the side effects of treatments aimed at preventing illness, in part because they have difficulty in evaluating situations with several possible outcomes that differ in probability. This study tested willingness to undergo a hypothetical preventive treatment and accuracy in determining the probability of harm from the treatment as a function of the presence of a side effect, the initial probability of harm, the format in which probabilities were presented (percentages or frequencies), and the presence or absence of a graphic.<p /> 
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SN  - 1359-107X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/135910706X115209
ID  - ref1
ER  -