CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China.
College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 3;18(17):9301. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179301.
This study examines how risk perception and authoritarian personality affect public engagement in mitigating air pollution. Data were collected ( = 2010) from 13 Chinese cities with varying air pollution gradients using questionnaires. The results demonstrated that air pollution was significantly correlated with people's risk perception and concern about air pollution, which significantly affected their pro-environmental behaviour (PEB). However, high-risk perceptions undermine the public's self-efficacy and reduce people's PEB in the private sphere. People with high scores of the authoritarian personality type were reluctant to engage in PEB in the private sphere; interestingly, it can also be transformed into a stronger PEB in the public sphere via social norms. Thus, this study suggests that educational activities can break the negative link between authoritarianism and environmentalism, leading to behavioural change. Hence, it is essential for education programs to harvest positive outcomes via adaptive approaches for varying authoritarian personalities.
本研究考察了风险感知和威权人格如何影响公众参与缓解空气污染。研究采用问卷调查的方式，从 13 个空气污染梯度不同的中国城市收集数据（n=2010）。结果表明，空气污染与人们对空气污染的风险感知和关注显著相关，这显著影响了他们的环保行为（PEB）。然而，高风险感知会削弱公众的自我效能感，降低人们在私人领域的 PEB。具有高威权人格类型得分的人不愿意在私人领域参与 PEB；有趣的是，通过社会规范，它也可以转化为公共领域更强的 PEB。因此，本研究表明，教育活动可以打破威权主义和环保主义之间的负面联系，从而导致行为改变。因此，教育项目必须通过针对不同威权人格的适应性方法来收获积极成果。
