Perception of Hazards: The Role of Social Trust and Knowledge

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

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Statistics and Probability

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Value Predispositions, Mass Media, and Attitudes Toward Nanotechnology: The Interplay of Public and Experts (2011, background): “Moreover, deference to scientific authority and trust in scientists were found to influence the public and experts’ judgment of benefits, consistent with findings of previous studies (e.g., Siegrist, 2000; Siegrist & Cvetkovich, 2000).”
The effects of trust in government on earthquake survivors’ risk perception and preparedness in China (2017, background): “The public’s perceived risk and benefit are more possibly influenced by the trust when they have little knowledge about that specific kind of risk, but such an effect is not significant for risks that they know well (Siegrist and Cvetkovich 2000).”
A social trap for the climate? Collective action, trust and climate change risk perception in 35 countries (2018, background): “Trust is especially relevant when accurate information about the severity of a potential risks is unknown or perhaps unknowable—environmental problems such as climate change are a prime example of this type of risk (Paton, 2008; Siegrist and Cvetkovich, 2000).”
The Impacts of Precautionary Measures and the Disclosure of Scientific Uncertainty on EMF Risk Perception and Trust (2006, background): “On the other hand, there is evidence that people’s trust in experts and expert measures reduces risk perception (Drottz-Sjöberg and Sjöberg 1991; Figueredo and Drottz-Sjöberg, 2000; Siegrist and Cvetkovich, 2000; Siegrist et al., 2000).”
Determining Where the Wild Things will be: Using Psychological Theory to Find Tolerance for Large Carnivores (2014, background): “Specifically, when people are knowledgeable about a hazard, the influence of trust on acceptance of the hazard decreases (Siegrist & Cvetkovich 2000).”
Learning to live with black bears: A psychological model of acceptance (2012, background): “Social trust (hereafter, trust) is conceptualized as one’s willingness to rely on those who have the responsibility for making decisions and taking management actions in the realms of public health and safety (Siegrist and Cvetkovich 2000).”
Emotions, Trust, and Perceived Risk: Affective and Cognitive Routes to Flood Preparedness Behavior (2011, background): “First, because lay people lack the knowledge needed to make expert judgments, they require a more intuitive mechanism for making risk judgments.(30) Our path models showed that negative feelings decreased trust in flood protection and increased flood risk perceptions, while positive feelings had the”
Bringing appraisal theory to environmental risk perception: a review of conceptual approaches of the past 40 years and suggestions for future research (2012, background): “For many environmental hazards, people may lack sufficient knowledge to make an informed decision about the risks (Siegrist and Cvetkovich 2000 ; Siegrist et al.”
The Risk Perception Paradox—Implications for Governance and Communication of Natural Hazards (2013, methodology): “, Plapp and Werner,(8) Renn,(9) Sjöberg,(10) Siegrist and Cvetkowitch,(11) Terpstra et al.”