Psychology, School of Design, Engineering & Computing, Poole House, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, United Kingdom.
Risk Anal. 2013 Feb;33(2):307-17. doi: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01845.x. Epub 2012 May 29.
We examined how personal values and perceptions of risks and benefits are associated with the acceptability of nuclear energy (NE). A theoretical model is tested in which beliefs about the risks and benefits of NE mediate the relationship between values and acceptability. The results showed that egoistic values are positively related to the perceived benefits and acceptability of NE. In contrast, altruistic and biospheric values were positively related to the perceived risks of NE. Although it has been argued that NE may help to combat climate change through lower CO(2) emissions, these environmental benefits were not acknowledged by people with strong biospheric values. Furthermore, results confirmed that the more risks respondents perceived, the less they were inclined to accept NE. In contrast, the more a person believed that NE has beneficial consequences, the more acceptable NE was. Finally, as expected, perceived risks and benefits were found to partly mediate the relationship between personal values and acceptability. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.
我们研究了个人价值观以及对风险和收益的看法如何与核能（NE）的可接受性相关联。测试了一个理论模型，其中对 NE 的风险和收益的信念调解了价值观和可接受性之间的关系。结果表明，自我中心的价值观与对 NE 的收益和可接受性的看法呈正相关。相反，利他主义和生态主义价值观与对 NE 的风险的看法呈正相关。尽管有人认为，通过降低 CO2 排放，核能可能有助于应对气候变化，但具有强烈生态主义价值观的人并不承认这些环境效益。此外，结果证实，受访者认为风险越大，他们就越不愿意接受 NE。相反，一个人越相信 NE 有有益的后果，就越能接受 NE。最后，正如预期的那样，感知到的风险和收益部分调解了个人价值观和可接受性之间的关系。我们讨论了这些发现的理论和实际意义。
