From: Investment in online self-evaluation tests: A theoretical approach
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
t = 0
Potentially Traumatic Experience
n individuals take the online self-evaluation test.
Costs: n·IDC 0(A 1)
No one takes the test.
Costs = 0
t = 1
Proportion π need therapy.
Costs: n·π·STC 1(A 1)
(1-Ï€) are not ill and do not need therapy.
Costs: n·π·LTC 1(A 2)
Resulting total costs:
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