Taking care : understanding and encouraging self-protective behavior
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Neil D Weinstein
- ناشر : Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 1987
- شابک / ISBN : 9780521324359
Description
Contents List of contributors page ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: studying self-protective behavior Neil D. Weinstein 1 I Theoretical perspectives 11 1 Behavioral decision theory perspectives on protective behavior Paul Slovic, Baruch Fischhoff, and Sarah Lichtenstein 14 2 Social learning theory and preventive behavior Alfred McAlister 42 3 The role of emotion and psychological defense in self-protective behavior James R. Averill 54 4 The diffusion of innovations perspective Everett M. Rogers 79 5 Cultural influences on prevention and the emergence of a new health consciousness Robert Crawford 95 II Research and prevention programs for specific hazards 115 Health: 6 Why people take precautions against health risks Paul D. Cleary 119 7 Community studies of smoking cessation Surgeon Generals Report 150 vii viii Contents 8 Preventing adolescent smoking Kevin D. McCaul and Russell E. Glasgow 170 Natural hazards: 9 Natural hazards and precautionary behavior Dennis S. Mileti and John H. S or ens en 189 10 Programs that encourage the adoption of precautions against natural hazards: review and evaluation John H. Sorensen and Dennis S. Mileti 208 Crime: 11 Why people take precautions against crime: a review of the literature on individual and collective responses to crime Stephanie W. Greenberg 231 12 Promoting citizen involvement in crime prevention and control Fred Heinzelmann 254 Injury, safety, and occupational settings: 13 Injury prevention: limits to self-protective behavior Leon S. Robertson 280 14 Perspectives on protective behaviors and work place hazards Alexander Cohen 298 III Conclusion 323 15 Cross-hazard consistencies: conclusions about self-protective behavior Neil D. Weinstein 325 Index 337
