Highlights•Interventions that change risk perceptions subsequently change health
behaviors.•Individuals form risk perceptions tailored to specific health threats.•Risk …

Background. The role of cognitive biases and heuristics in medical decision making is of
growing interest. The purpose of this study was to determine whether studies on cognitive …

Rationale Many countries were and are still struggling with the COVID-19 emergency.
Despite efforts to limit the viral transmission, the vaccine is the only solution to ending the …

As studies indicate that people perceive COVID-19 as a threatening disease, the demand for
a vaccine against the disease could be expected to be high. Vaccine safety concerns might …

Widespread and sustained engagement with health-protective behaviors (ie, hygiene and
distancing) is critical to successfully managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence from …

Vaccination is one of the great achievements of the 20th century, yet persistent public-health
problems include inadequate, delayed, and unstable vaccination uptake. Psychology offers …

Background While COVID-19 vaccine uptake has been encouraging overall, some
individuals are either hesitant towards, or refuse, the vaccine. Protection Motivation Theory …

Decades of research identify risk perception as a largely intuitive and affective construct, in
contrast to the more deliberative assessments of probability and consequences that form the …

Risk perception is important in determining health-protective behavior. During the rise of the
COVID-19 epidemic, we tested a comprehensive structural equation model of risk …

Several theories construe risk appraisals as key determinants of decisions and actions, and
this idea has been supported in correlational studies. However, correlational data cannot …