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Excessive caution
Name(s):
Deprivation of risk-taking
Excessive safety precautions
Cotton-wooling
Obsession with personal safety
Obsession with personal health
Excessive fear of risk
Broader
Fear
Inconsistent risk evaluation
Unwillingness to risk loss of life
Narrower
Oversecurity
Morbid fear of illness
Fear of food contamination
Economic philosophy of controlled risk
Reduces
Denial of danger
Unhealthy behaviour
Excessive desire for risk
Related
Parental over-protectiveness
Commercially sponsored health education
This problem is a member of 3 aggravating loops
Aggravates
Restrictive practices
Backlash against repeated warnings
[in 3 loops]
Aggravated by
Fear of crime
Dangerous countries
Culture-induced fear
Coitus as a cancer risk
Inadequate spread of risk
Fear of personal insecurity
Prevailing community insecurity
Breakdown in community security systems
Strategy(ies)
Risking
Guarding personal safety
Approving dangerous behaviour
Denying risk-taking
Encouraging risk-taking
Treating excessive fear of risk
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems