Studies on age-related differences in risk perception in a real-world situation, such as the
recent COVID-19 outbreak, showed that the risk perception of getting COVID-19 tends to�…

Fear is a common and potentially distressful psychological response to the current COVID-
19 pandemic. The factors associated with such fear remains relatively unstudied among�…

This study aimed to investigate age differences in risk-taking concerning the coronavirus
pandemic, while disentangling the contribution of risk attitude, objective risk and numeracy�…

The current COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented hostile psychological
environment for individuals. Against the backdrop of this exogenous shock and applying a�…

During COVID-19 pandemic, older adults are the segment of the population at higher health
risk. Given the important role the risk perception has in influencing both the behaviors and�…

Since December 2019, the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been keeping the
world in suspense. Proven risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19 are common�…

Objectives The mental health consequences of COVID‐19 are predicted to have a
disproportionate impact on certain groups. We aimed to develop a brief measure, the�…

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic it is important to identify factors that make people
particularly vulnerable of developing mental-health issues in order to provide case-specific�…

The relationships between risk perception and related behavior form a fundamental theme
in risk analysis. Despite increasing attentions on the temporal dimension of risk perception�…

The current study provides data about the immediate risk perceptions and psychological
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among Italian participants. A sample of 980 volunteers�…