Open AccessRisk Perception and Belief in Guardian Spirits
Author(s) -
David Etkin,
Jelena Ivanova,
Susan MacGregor,
Tali Serota
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
sage open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2158-2440
DOI - 10.1177/2158244014549741
Subject(s) - guardian , risk perception , perception , social psychology , psychology , context (archaeology) , political science , geography , law , archaeology , neuroscience
People do not respond directly to the risks around them, but ratherto their perception of those risks. These perceptions can be affected by many factors,including the degree to which people feel protected, and within that context beliefs inguardian angels or spirits can be a significant factor in some cases. In a survey ofrisk perception, it is shown that this belief does correlate with how people perceiverisk, but in a complex way that may increase or decrease risk-taking behavior, with thelatter being the more dominant theme