How Government Trust Influences Perception of Flood Hazard Risk:
Experimental Evidences in China
- Kai Li
, - Feng Yu,
- Shenlong Yang,
- Yongyu Guo
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Abstract
Perception of flood hazard risk and people's trust in the government
have vital influences on risk communication. We conducted three studies
to examine the relation and mechanism of trust and flood hazard risk
perception. In Study 1, we found that people's risk perception and
government trust were significantly negatively correlated. In Studies 2
and 3, using correlational and experimental methods, we found that the
higher the public's trust in the government, the more they used
heuristics to process risk information, and their risk perception was
lower than the group with low trust in the government. Our results
suggest that government trust can influence risk perception via
heuristics.Submitted to Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 19 Feb 2024Editorial Decision: Revise Major
17 Apr 20241st Revision Received
31 May 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
21 Jul 20242nd Revision Received
25 Jul 2024Submission Checks Completed
25 Jul 2024Assigned to Editor
25 Jul 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned