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Measuring risk perceptions: what does the excessive use of 50% mean?Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Med Decis Making 32:232-6. 2012....
Can adolescents predict significant life events?Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 3890, USA
J Adolesc Health 41:208-10. 2007..Mean probability judgments approximated observed outcome rates, or were optimistic, except that adolescents greatly overestimated their probability of dying prematurely...
Communicating about xenotransplantation: models and scenariosWändi Bruine de Bruin
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Risk Anal 29:1105-15. 2009..In this application to xenotransplantation, presenting a graphic representation improved people's understanding of the risk...
Expert judgments of pandemic influenza risksW Bruine de Bruin
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Glob Public Health 1:178-93. 2006..Their responses to open-ended questions revealed some of the theories underlying these beliefs...
Individual differences in adult decision-making competenceWändi Bruine de Bruin
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 92:938-56. 2007..Thus, A-DMC appears to be a distinct construct relevant to adults' real-world decisions...
Save the last dance II: unwanted serial position effects in figure skating judgmentsWändi Bruine de Bruin
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Porter Hall 208, Pittsburgh PA 15213, USA
Acta Psychol (Amst) 123:299-311. 2006..Acta Psychologica, 118, 245-260], using a larger dataset, and addressing potential concerns about Bruine de Bruin's analyses...
Save the last dance for me: unwanted serial position effects in jury evaluationsWändi Bruine de Bruin
Department of Technology Management, University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Acta Psychol (Amst) 118:245-60. 2005..It is proposed that, independent of the evaluation procedure, judges' initial impressions of sequentially appearing candidates may be formed step-by-step, yielding serial position effects...
Can female adolescents tell whether they will test positive for Chlamydia infection?Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Med Decis Making 30:189-93. 2010..Here, the authors examine whether female adolescents' probability judgments of having chlamydia were correlated with the objective outcome of a Ct polymerase chain reaction assay...
Specific STI knowledge may be acquired too lateJulie S Downs
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Adolesc Health 38:65-7. 2006..They appeared to learn about STIs primarily after diagnosis, too late for effective prevention, early detection, or prompt treatment of their disease...
Adolescents' perceived risk of dyingBaruch Fischhoff
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 3890, USA
J Adolesc Health 46:265-9. 2010..Such sensitivity would indicate the importance of ensuring that adolescents have accurate information about those threats, as well as the psychological support needed to deal with them...
Public perceptions of hurricane modificationKelly Klima
Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburg, PA 15213, USA
Risk Anal 32:1194-206. 2012..However, such an effort would need to be combined with open and honest communications to members of the general public...
Interactive video behavioral intervention to reduce adolescent females' STD risk: a randomized controlled trialJulie S Downs
Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 3890, USA
Soc Sci Med 59:1561-72. 2004..A non-significant trend in data from a clinical PCR assay of Chlamydia trachomatis was consistent with that finding...
Initial public perceptions of deep geological and oceanic disposal of carbon dioxideClaire R Palmgren
Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Environ Sci Technol 38:6441-50. 2004..An approach to public communication and regulation that is open and respectful of public concerns is likely to be a prerequisite to the successful adoption of this technology...
