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    Restoring drinking water acceptance following a waterborne disease outbreak: The role of trust, risk perception, and communication

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    Authors
    Bratanova, B.
    Morrison, Gregory
    Fife-Schaw, C.
    Chenoweth, J.
    Mangold, M.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Bratanova, B. and Morrison, G. and Fife-Schaw, C. and Chenoweth, J. and Mangold, M. 2013. Restoring drinking water acceptance following a waterborne disease outbreak: The role of trust, risk perception, and communication. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 43 (9): pp. 1761-1770.
    Source Title
    Journal of Applied Social Psychology
    DOI
    10.1111/jasp.12113
    ISSN
    0021-9029
    School
    Sustainability Policy Institute
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38172
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Although research shows that acceptance, trust,and risk perception are often related, little is known about the underlying patterns of causality among the three constructs. In the context of a waterborne disease outbreak, we explored via zeroorder/ partial correlation analysis whether acceptance predicts both trust and risk perception (associationist model), or whether trust influences risk perception and acceptance (causal chain model). The results supported the causal chain model suggesting a causal role for trust.A subsequent path analysis confirmed that the effect of trust on acceptance is fully mediated by risk perception. It also revealed that trust is positively predicted by prior institutional trust and communication with the public. Implications of the findings for response strategies to contamination events are discussed. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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