Perceived risk and efficacy beliefs as motivators of change: Use of the risk perception attitude (RPA) framework to understand health behaviors

By Rajiv N. Rimal, Kevin Real. 2003

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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Threatening communication: a critical re-analysis and a revised meta-analytic test of fear appeal theory (2013, background): “For any given behaviour, individuals can be indifferent (low threat, low efficacy), avoidant (high threat, low efficacy), proactive (low threat, high efficacy) or responsive (high threat, high efficacy; see the risk perception attitude framework, Rimal & Juon, 2010; Rimal & Real, 2003).”
Avoiding versus seeking: the relationship of information seeking to avoidance, blunting, coping, dissonance, and related concepts. (2005, background): “Yet as Rimal and Real [53] indicate, the ‘‘self-protective’’ aspects of information seeking tend to be neglected in the health literature.”
Fear appeals and persuasion: A review and update of the Extended Parallel Process Model. (2011, methodology): “Also, ‘‘[the RPA] personalizes risk perception by basing it on individuals’ own history and prior behaviors’’ (Rimal & Real, 2003; p. 372).”
Yes, we can: motivate Dutch citizens to engage in self-protective behavior with regard to flood risks (2011, background): “Research indicates, however, that for an individual to take precautionary measures, certain levels of self-efficacy and response efficacy are required (Rimal and Real 2003).”
How to trust? The importance of self‐efficacy and social trust in public responses to industrial risks (2009, background): “Recent contributions to the risk communication and risk psychology literature have started to recognize the value of self‐efficacy related to risk responses (Rimal and Real 2003 ; Neuwirth, Dunwoody, and Griffin 2000 ; Turner et al.”
Reexamining Fear Appeal Models from Cognitive Appraisal Theory and Functional Emotion Theory Perspectives (2016, background): “For example, in a test of risk perception attitude framework (Rimal & Real, 2003), Turner, Rimal, Morrison, and Kim (2006) found that heightened fear and anxiety experienced by a high-risk, low-efficacy group led to greater motivation to seek relevant information.2 In their theory of motivated…”