Salient Value Similarity, Social Trust, and Risk/Benefit Perception

By Michael Siegrist, G. Cvetkovich, Claudia Roth. Risk Analysis, 2000

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Impacts of Precautionary Measures and the Disclosure of Scientific Uncertainty on EMF Risk Perception and Trust (2006, background): “Hypothesis 1b follows a different path: the information reinforces trust because it announces protective measures and thereby reduces risk perception (see Siegrist et al., 2000).”
The consumer’s perception of artificial food additives: Influences on acceptance, risk and benefit perceptions (2014, background): “Secondly, previous literature on trust stated that, especially in the absence of sufficient knowledge, trust is an important construct (Earle, 2010; Siegrist et al., 2000).”
Information needs and risk perception as predictors of risk information seeking (2008, background): “Institutional trust is the willingness to rely on those who have the responsibility for making decisions and taking actions related to the management of technology, the environment, or other realms of public health and safety (Siegrist, Cvetkovich, and Roth 2000 ).”
How to trust? The importance of self‐efficacy and social trust in public responses to industrial risks (2009, background): “The social (or institutional) trust approach (Kasperson, Golding, and Tuler 1992 ; Siegrist, Cvetkovich, and Roth 2000 ) proposes that public responses to risk communication heavily depend on the amount of trust put in managing agencies (Lundgren and McMakin 2004 ; Lofstedt 2005 ).”
Consumer acceptance, valuation of and attitudes towards genetically modified food: Review and implications for food policy (2008, background): “'Trusting in someone involves a risk that the person will act unreliably' (Siegrist et al., 2000a).”
Critical trust: understanding lay perceptions of health and safety risk regulation (2004, methodology): “The salient value similarity (SVS) approach of Earle and Cvetkovich has been applied successfully in a number of empirical studies (e.g., Earle and Cvetkovich 1997, 1999; Siegrist et al. 2000; Siegrist et al. 2001).”
Support for Climate Change Policy: Social Psychological and Social Structural Influences* (2007, background): “Consistent with our causal placement, trust has been conceptualized as being affected by values and as predictive of attitudes about perceived environmental risks and benefits (Siegrist et al. 2000).”
Contextual and psychological factors shaping evaluations and acceptability of energy alternatives: Integrated review and research agenda (2014, background): “…energy, hydroelectric power (also other activities and technology not related to energy alternatives) Quantitative þ (Reflected in the measures of the perceived risks and perceived benefits for the US society) – – þ Trust Siegrist et al. (2000) [86] Switzerland 261 (n¼250 for nuclear…”
Exploring the Dimensionality of Trust in Risk Regulation (2003, methodology): “These items were adapted from earlier work of Earle and Cvetkovich (1995) and Siegrist et al. (2000) .”