There is a broad consensus over the notion that the risk perception of natural hazards influences people’s behaviors. However, individual differences can also affect risk perception. The present work focused on the link between an individual cognitive mindset (i.e., level of holism) and flood-risk perception. It also assessed the consequences of such a link on public and personal mitigation intentions, taking into account the sense of connection with the environment, the psychological distance from the adverse event, and the role played by previous personal experience with flooding. Our study (N = 119) showed that the individual cognitive style predicted risk perceptions and personal (for both experienced and no-experience groups) and public (only for experienced group) mitigation intentions, through the mediation of the sense of connection with the environment and the psychological distance from the adverse event. Results are discussed in terms of their practical implications for public communication and policies about environmental hazards.

Spaccatini, F., Pancani, L., Richetin, J., Riva, P., Sacchi, S. (2021). Individual cognitive style affects flood-risk perception and mitigation intentions. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 51(3), 208-218 [10.1111/jasp.12726].

Individual cognitive style affects flood-risk perception and mitigation intentions.

Spaccatini, F.
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Pancani, L.;Richetin, J.;Riva, P.;Sacchi, S.
2021

Abstract

There is a broad consensus over the notion that the risk perception of natural hazards influences people’s behaviors. However, individual differences can also affect risk perception. The present work focused on the link between an individual cognitive mindset (i.e., level of holism) and flood-risk perception. It also assessed the consequences of such a link on public and personal mitigation intentions, taking into account the sense of connection with the environment, the psychological distance from the adverse event, and the role played by previous personal experience with flooding. Our study (N = 119) showed that the individual cognitive style predicted risk perceptions and personal (for both experienced and no-experience groups) and public (only for experienced group) mitigation intentions, through the mediation of the sense of connection with the environment and the psychological distance from the adverse event. Results are discussed in terms of their practical implications for public communication and policies about environmental hazards.
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cognitive mindset, psychological distance, connection with the environment, risk perception, mitigation intentions;
English
16-nov-2020
2021
51
3
208
218
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Spaccatini, F., Pancani, L., Richetin, J., Riva, P., Sacchi, S. (2021). Individual cognitive style affects flood-risk perception and mitigation intentions. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 51(3), 208-218 [10.1111/jasp.12726].
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