Lai Julian Chuk-ling, Tao Julia
Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon.
Risk Anal. 2003 Aug;23(4):669-84. doi: 10.1111/1539-6924.00346.
A public sample of Hong Kong Chinese (N = 167) rated the levels of threat of 25 environmental hazards and gave quantitative judgments to six risk characteristics for each hazard. It was found that women, older participants, and less educated individuals found the hazards to be more threatening to the environment than did men, younger participants, and more educated individuals, respectively. A new spatial model emerged from a principal component analysis carried out on responses to six risk characteristics. Instead of replicating the well-documented factors of unknown risk versus dread risk, we found a structure defined by a known and dread risk factor and a controllable risk factor. Findings were discussed in light of potential influences of the Confucian heritage on the perception of risks among Hong Kong Chinese.
一项针对167名香港华人的公众样本，对25种环境危害的威胁程度进行了评级，并针对每种危害的六个风险特征给出了定量判断。研究发现，女性、年龄较大的参与者以及受教育程度较低的个体，分别比男性、年龄较小的参与者以及受教育程度较高的个体，认为这些危害对环境的威胁更大。通过对六个风险特征的回答进行主成分分析，得出了一个新的空间模型。我们没有重复已充分记录的未知风险与恐惧风险因素，而是发现了一个由已知且可怕的风险因素和可控风险因素定义的结构。根据儒家传统对香港华人风险认知的潜在影响对研究结果进行了讨论。
