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Health Education Research, Vol. 12, No. 1, 139-141, 1997
© 1997 Oxford University Press

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Percentage and verbal category measures of risk likelihood

Neil D. Weinstein and Michael A. Diefenbach1

Departments of Human Ecology and Psychology
1Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA

Perceptions of personal risk (i.e. risk likelihood) occupy a central role in theories of individual health behavior. There is no agreement, however, concerning the best approach for measuring these perceptions. We compared a percentage scale with a seven-point, verbally labeled scale. Data from college student subjects (N = 215) showed that the correlations between risk factors and risk likelihood judgements for seven health problems were no stronger with one scale than the other. Suggestions for when to use each scale are given.


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