Mental representation of global environmental risks
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Mental representation of global environmental risks. / Böhm, Gisela; Pfister, Hans-Rüdiger.
Environmental risks: Perception, Evaluation and Management. ed. / Gisela Böhm; Josef Nerb; Timothy McDaniels; Hans Spada. Amsterdam [u.a.] : JAI Press, 2001. p. 1-30 (Research in Social Problems and Public Policy; Vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Mental representation of global environmental risks
AU - Böhm, Gisela
AU - Pfister, Hans-Rüdiger
N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by a grant from the German Research Association (DFG) (He 1449/2-1) as part of the program 'Human Dimensions of Global Change'.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - We investigate the mental representation of environmental risks with special emphasis on global change. We propose a multi-level framework of the causal structure of global risks with five causally connected levels: attitudes, activities, emissions, environmental changes and negative consequences for humans. We contrast two approaches in the literature on the mental representation of risks, mental models and psychometric dimensions. Both approaches are viewed from the multi-level framework perspective. We argue that the mental representation corresponds to the multi-level framework and present several empirical studies which support this assumption. Finally, we discuss the relationship between the mental representation of environmental risks and environmental behavior.
AB - We investigate the mental representation of environmental risks with special emphasis on global change. We propose a multi-level framework of the causal structure of global risks with five causally connected levels: attitudes, activities, emissions, environmental changes and negative consequences for humans. We contrast two approaches in the literature on the mental representation of risks, mental models and psychometric dimensions. Both approaches are viewed from the multi-level framework perspective. We argue that the mental representation corresponds to the multi-level framework and present several empirical studies which support this assumption. Finally, we discuss the relationship between the mental representation of environmental risks and environmental behavior.
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=35448950414&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0196-1152(01)80022-3
DO - 10.1016/S0196-1152(01)80022-3
M3 - Chapter
SN - 0762308060
SN - 978-0-76230-806-4
T3 - Research in Social Problems and Public Policy
SP - 1
EP - 30
BT - Environmental risks
A2 - Böhm, Gisela
A2 - Nerb, Josef
A2 - McDaniels, Timothy
A2 - Spada, Hans
PB - JAI Press
CY - Amsterdam [u.a.]
ER -