Perception of risk: the influence of general trust, and general confidence

By Michael Siegrist, H. Gutscher, T. Earle. 2005

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Explaining Gender Differences in Concern about Environmental Problems in the United States (2012, background): “…among women on issues such as HIV=AIDS (e.g., Hillman 2008; Robertson et al. 2006), smoking and other health risks (e.g., Duckworth et al. 2002; Lundborg and Andersson 2008), crime and victimization (e.g., May et al. 2010), and technological risks (e.g., Siegrist et al. 2005; Smith et al. 2008).”
Race and ethnicity, gender, and age on perceived threats and fear of COVID-19: Evidence from two national data sources (2020, positive): “Scholars argue gender differences in risk perceptions may be due to deeply entrenched gender roles and gendered structures that continue to create inequities in the division of labor and power relations, as well as differences in trusting authoritative figures and institutions (Siegrist, 2005).”
Trust in motives, trust in competence: Separate factors determining the effectiveness of risk communication (2008, background): “Siegrist et al. (2003, 2005) included this feature in their model because work on impression formation (De Bruin and Van Lange, 1999, 2000) has shown that morality information tends to dominate performance information.”
Hunter Perceptions of Similarity and Trust in Wildlife Agencies and Personal Risk Associated with Chronic Wasting Disease (2008, background): “Risk perceptions can influence human decision making and behavior (Fischhoff et al. 1978; Siegrist et al. 2005).”
Emotions, Trust, and Perceived Risk: Affective and Cognitive Routes to Flood Preparedness Behavior (2011, background): “Research that has been devoted to distinguishing dimensions of trust has often found that perceived competence or expertise of risk management institutions underpinned trust ratings.(31,47) The perceived expertise of risk management authorities can be regarded as a more cognitive component of trust ”
Consumer acceptance of internet banking: the influence of internet trust (2008, background): “First evidence in this regard can be found in (Siegrist et al. 2005) who found that general trust (as disposition) might influence perceptions of new technologies.”
How does our perception of risk influence decision-making? Implications for the design of risk information (2007, background): “The role of trust has been increasingly recognised as an important factor in risk and risk perception (e.g. Slovic et al. 1991, Peters et al. 1997, Ben-Ner and Putterman, 2001, Siegrist et al. 2005).”