%0 Journal Article
%T How are lung cancer risk perceptions and cigarette smoking related?¡ªtesting an accuracy hypothesis
%A Kimberly A. Kaphingst
%A Lei-Shih Chen
%A Shixi Zhao
%A Tung-Sung Tseng
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2016
%R 10.21037/10186
%X Subjective risk perception, defined as ¡°one¡¯s belief about the likelihood or probability of harm, namely the probability that a health problem will be experienced if no precautions or behavioral changes occur (1)¡±, is an important theoretical construct in the field of cancer prevention and control. Subjective risk perception is often measured by absolute risk perception and relative (comparative) risk perception. The former examines a person¡¯s perception of the likelihood that he or she will get a certain disease within a defined time period; the latter assesses how a person compares the likelihood that he or she will get a certain disease to the likelihood that similar others will get the disease over a defined time period (2-6)
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