The psychology of risk / Glynis M. Breakwell.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

xiii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-313) and index.

A psychological framework for analyzing risk -- Hazard perception -- Individual and group differences in risk perception -- Decision-making about risks -- Risk and emotion -- Risk communication -- Errors, accidents and emergencies -- Risk and complex organizations -- Social amplification and social representations of risk -- Changing risk responses.