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Problem
Excessive caution
Other Names:
Deprivation of risk-taking
Excessive safety precautions
Cotton-wooling
Obsession with personal safety
Obsession with personal health
Excessive fear of risk
Broader Problems:
Fear
Inconsistent risk evaluation
Unwillingness to risk loss of life
Narrower Problems:
Oversecurity
Morbid fear of illness
Fear of food contamination
Economic philosophy of controlled risk
Related Problems:
Parental over-protectiveness
Commercially sponsored health education
Aggravates:
Restrictive practices
Backlash against repeated warnings
Reduces:
Denial of danger
Unhealthy behaviour
Excessive desire for risk
Strategies:
Risking
Risking
Approving dangerous behaviour
Denying risk-taking
Encouraging risk-taking
Treating excessive fear of risk
Subject(s):
Societal Problems
→
Safety
Societal Problems
→
Hazards
Societal Problems
→
Deprivation
Health Care
→
Health
Health Care
→
Mental health
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
16.02.1997 – 00:00 CET