Assessing the risk perception of soil degradation using a college student sample
This study explores the social-psychological dimensions of risk perception to soil degradation using a structural equation model that integrates knowledge, emotion (affect), experience, values, and social norms. The survey and resulting model were created through the adaption of a survey developed a...
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| author | R. Kay Kastner-Wilcox Sabine Grunwald Monika Ardelt Stefan Gerber Tracy Irani |
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| description | This study explores the social-psychological dimensions of risk perception to soil degradation using a structural equation model that integrates knowledge, emotion (affect), experience, values, and social norms. The survey and resulting model were created through the adaption of a survey developed and empirically tested to assess climate change risk perception. The model was tested on a sample of college students (n = 513). Results indicate that our model explains nearly two-thirds (63%) of the variance in risk perception of soil degradation, with knowledge accounting for a substantial portion of the variance both directly to risk perception and as mediated by affect. Experience and social norms were also significant predictors of risk perception, while values, gender and political affiliation exhibited no significant predictor value for risk perception. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-640e07866a604cb1ba5c55ae46950bff2023-03-14T04:09:08ZengElsevierSoil Security2667-00622023-03-0110100083Assessing the risk perception of soil degradation using a college student sampleR. Kay Kastner-Wilcox0Sabine Grunwald1Monika Ardelt2Stefan Gerber3Tracy Irani4Department of Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, P. O. Box 110290, Gainesville, FL, USA; Corresponding author at: Department of Forests, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 110410, Gainesville, FL, USA.Department of Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, P. O. Box 110290, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida, P. O. Box 117330, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, P. O. Box 110290, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, P. O. Box 110310, Gainesville, FL, USAThis study explores the social-psychological dimensions of risk perception to soil degradation using a structural equation model that integrates knowledge, emotion (affect), experience, values, and social norms. The survey and resulting model were created through the adaption of a survey developed and empirically tested to assess climate change risk perception. The model was tested on a sample of college students (n = 513). Results indicate that our model explains nearly two-thirds (63%) of the variance in risk perception of soil degradation, with knowledge accounting for a substantial portion of the variance both directly to risk perception and as mediated by affect. Experience and social norms were also significant predictors of risk perception, while values, gender and political affiliation exhibited no significant predictor value for risk perception.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667006222000491SoilDegradationRiskPerception |
| spellingShingle | R. Kay Kastner-Wilcox Sabine Grunwald Monika Ardelt Stefan Gerber Tracy Irani Assessing the risk perception of soil degradation using a college student sample Soil Security Soil Degradation Risk Perception |
| title | Assessing the risk perception of soil degradation using a college student sample |
| title_full | Assessing the risk perception of soil degradation using a college student sample |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the risk perception of soil degradation using a college student sample |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the risk perception of soil degradation using a college student sample |
| title_short | Assessing the risk perception of soil degradation using a college student sample |
| title_sort | assessing the risk perception of soil degradation using a college student sample |
| topic | Soil Degradation Risk Perception |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667006222000491 |
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