skip to main content
Language:
Search Limited to: Search Limited to: Resource type Show Results with: Show Results with: Search type Index

Communication About Micropollutants in Drinking Water: Effects of the Presentation and Psychological Processes

Risk analysis, 2016-10, Vol.36 (10), p.2011-2026 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2015 Society for Risk Analysis ;2015 Society for Risk Analysis. ;2016 Society for Risk Analysis ;ISSN: 0272-4332 ;EISSN: 1539-6924 ;DOI: 10.1111/risa.12485 ;PMID: 26369622

Full text available

Citations Cited by
  • Title:
    Communication About Micropollutants in Drinking Water: Effects of the Presentation and Psychological Processes
  • Author: Tobias, Robert
  • Subjects: Affective reaction ; Analysis ; Dangerous ; Determinants ; Drinking water ; Foods ; Human behavior ; Intakes ; micropollutant ; Perceptions ; Psychology ; repeated measurement ; Risk ; Risk perception ; Studies ; trust ; Water pollution
  • Is Part Of: Risk analysis, 2016-10, Vol.36 (10), p.2011-2026
  • Description: This study investigates how people change their risk perception, trust, and behavior as a consequence of being informed about the occurrence of micropollutants in drinking water. Micropollutants are substances present in extremely low concentrations that might be dangerous in higher concentrations. Data were gathered in the city of Zurich, Switzerland in 2013 using a questionnaire in which the information on micropollutants was presented differently to 12 experimental groups. Data of the key constructs were gathered before and after this information, so that causal effects could be quantified by regression analyses. Affective reactions to the information turned out to be the critical mediator of changes in risk perception (operationalized as the perceived change of quality due to pollution), which is an important determinant of changes in behavior and trust. Also, direct effects of affective reactions on behavior and trust were observed. Trust before appraising risks reduces negative affective reactions; however, it also reduces perceived quality (i.e., increases risk perception) and trust after risks are appraised. The different forms of information mainly influenced the participants’ affective reactions, but they also influenced perceived quality. The presentation with the least negative effects was a comparison of the intake of the substance by water with intake by food. The experimental design with repeated measurement that considers trust as a determinant and consequence of risk perception uncovered positive and negative effects of trust before appraising risks on changes of risk perception and trust due to appraising risks.
  • Publisher: United States: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0272-4332
    EISSN: 1539-6924
    DOI: 10.1111/risa.12485
    PMID: 26369622
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
Back to results list
INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY (84-028) 37 755 057 Feedback
19 Nguyen Huu Tho St. Dist.7, HCM thuvien@tdtu.edu.vn

Copyright © 2017 INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Searching Remote Databases, Please Wait