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Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2016 Sep 8;35(11):1264–1275. doi: 10.1037/hea0000294

Table 5.

Comparison of pooled effect sizes for anticipated regret and other risk appraisals

Risk Belief	k	Outcome Intentions r₊ (95% CI)	Q	Difference in r₊ p	k	Outcome Behavior r₊ (95% CI)	Q	Difference in r₊ p
Perceived likelihood	15	.15 (−.01, .29)	810^**	--	12	.17 (.03, .30)^*	399^**	--
Anticipated regret	15	.47 (.40, .54)^**	254^**	.002	12	.28 (.20, .36)^**	165^**	.15
Perceived severity	14	.17 (.05, .28)^*	279^**	--	11	.11 (.06, .16)^**	33^**	--
Anticipated regret	14	.50 (.41, .59)^**	293^**	<.001	11	.26 (.18, .34)^**	109^**	<.001
Worry	7	.23 (.12,.34)^**	81^**	--	4	.26 (.16, .36)^**	21^**	--
Anticipated regret	7	.49 (.36, .61)^**	162^**	.004	4	.35 (.20, .48)^**	42^**	.04

Note. Analyses only included studies that assessed both anticipated regret and at least one other risk appraisal. Analyses combined action and inaction regret, reversing sign for action regret.

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