The relationship between acculturation and health behavior change is complex. Little research has focused on acculturation and perceptions of health-related risks. This study investigated acculturation and risk perceptions of...
For more information on the published version, visit SAGE's Website., Shepperd, James A., Marie Helweg-Larsen, and Ligia Ortega. Are Comparative Risk Judgments Consistent Across Time and Events? Personality and Social...
Gurmankin, Andrea D., Marie Helweg-Larsen, Katrina Armstrong, Stephen E. Kimmel, and Kevin G.M. Volpp. Comparing the Standard Rating Scale and the Magnifier Scale for Assessing Risk Perceptions. Medical Decision Making 25,...
For more information on the published version, visit ScienceDirect's Website., Helweg-Larsen, Marie, Mette Kjøller, and Henrik Thoning. "Do Age and Social Relations Moderate the Relationship Between Self-Rated Health and...
The optimistic bias is defined as judging one's own risk as less than the risk of others. Researchers have identified numerous personal and situational factors that moderate the extent to which people display the bias. It is...
For more information on the published version, visit Guilford Press's Website., Research shows that smokers feel stigmatized, but does stigmatizing smokers do more harm than good? The model of stigma-induced identity threat was...
Introduction: Moralization refers to the gradual cultural and personal process by which objects or activities move from being morally neutral to morally contemptuous. Research suggests important cross-cultural differences in...
Individual differences in erotophobia affect the way people process sexually related information, such as information concerning safer sex. This study tests the hypothesis that people who are erotophobic are less likely to take...
Peterson, Laurel M., Marie Helweg-Larsen, Kevin G. Volpp, and Stephen E. Kimmel. Heart Attack Risk Perception Biases Among Hypertension Patients: The Role of Educational Level and Worry. Psychology and Health 27, no. 6...
For more information on the published version, visit Science Direct's Website., According to the hubris hypothesis, observers respond more unfavorably to individuals who express their positive self-views comparatively than to...
Long, Judith A., Marie Helweg-Larsen, and Kevin G. Volpp. Patient Opinions Regarding ‘Pay for Performance for Patients’. Journal of General Internal Medicine 23, no. 10 (2008): 1647-1652....
For more information on the published version, visit Taylor and Francis's Website., People consistently believe that negative events are less likely to happen to them than to others. Research suggests a relationship between...
Harding, Hilary G., and Marie Helweg-Larsen. Perceived Risk for Future Intimate Partner Violence among Women in a Domestic Violence Shelter. Journal of Family Violence 24, no. 2 (2009): 75-85....
DiMuccio, Sarah H., Megan R. Yost, and Marie Helweg-Larsen. A Qualitative Analysis of Perceptions of Precarious Manhood in U.S. and Danish Men. Psychology of Men and Masculinity 18, no. 4 (2017): 331-340....
Helweg-Larsen, Marie, and Barbara L. LoMonaco. Queuing Among U2 Fans: Reactions to Social Norm Violations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 38, no. 9 (2008): 2378-2393....
For more information on the published version, visit The American Journal of Managed Care's Website., Volpp, Kevin G., Andrea B. Troxel, Judith A. Long, Said A. Ibrahim, Dina Appleby, J. Otis Smith, Jane Jaskowiak, Marie...
Volpp, Kevin G., Andrea B. Troxel, Judith A. Long, Said A. Ibrahim, Dina Appleby, J. Otis Smith, Jalpa A. Doshi, Jane Jaskowiak, Marie Helweg-Larsen, Stephen E. Kimmel, Jingsan Zhu, Yuanyuan Tao, Wei Yang, John H. Holmes,...
Helweg-Larsen, Marie, Mihir Pyakuryal, and Charlotta Pisinger. Reminders of a Stigmatized Status Might Help Smokers Quit. Stigma and Health 5, no. 3 (2020): 273-283....