Universidade Estadual do Ceará - PPGA, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Environ Manage. 2024 Sep;74(3):479-489. doi: 10.1007/s00267-024-02015-y. Epub 2024 Jul 23.
This study examines the relationship between institutional trust from an individual and societal perspective and perceived corruption and climate attitudes of individuals in Latin America. To this end, multilevel modeling was used to test whether the attitudes of individuals from 285 regions of Latin America are influenced by these constructs. Based on the results, it was found that in contrast to studies in developed countries, where institutional trust is positively associated with pro-climate attitudes, in Latin America institutional trust acts as an inhibiting factor and is inversely related to climate attitudes. Furthermore, the perception of corruption in public institutions was also identified as a factor inhibiting collective action to combat climate change. Moderation analysis revealed that individuals' level of education significantly influences this relationship, with a notable difference in climate attitudes between individuals with low and high levels of trust, especially among those with less education. These findings highlight the importance of taking regional specificities into account when examining the relationship between institutional trust, perceptions of corruption, and climate attitudes, and underscore the need for public policies that promote transparency and accountability of institutions to foster effective collective action on climate change.
本研究从个体和社会角度考察了制度信任与个人对腐败的感知和对气候的态度之间的关系，在拉丁美洲的 285 个地区。为此，采用多层次模型来检验个人的态度是否受到这些因素的影响。基于研究结果，发现与发达国家的研究不同，在发达国家，制度信任与亲气候态度呈正相关，而在拉丁美洲，制度信任则起到抑制作用，与气候态度呈负相关。此外，还发现公众机构的腐败感知也是抑制应对气候变化的集体行动的一个因素。调节分析表明，个人的教育水平显著影响这种关系，信任程度低和高的个体之间的气候态度有明显差异，尤其是教育程度较低的个体。这些研究结果突出表明，在研究制度信任、腐败感知与气候态度之间的关系时，必须考虑区域特殊性，还强调需要制定促进机构透明度和问责制的公共政策，以促进应对气候变化的有效集体行动。
