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dc.contributor.authorParsons, Melissaen
dc.contributor.authorLykins, Amyen
local.source.editorEditor(s): M Rumsewiczen
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-31T04:35:55Z-
dc.date.available2019-05-31T04:35:55Z-
dc.date.issued2017-09-
dc.identifier.citationResearch Forum 2017: proceedings from the Research Forum at the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC & AFAC Conference, p. 307-315en
dc.identifier.isbn9780994169693en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27046-
dc.description.abstractPerception of the risks of natural hazards is considered to be one of the precursors of desirable behaviors of mitigation, preparation, and resilience. However, the processes of risk perception are complex and are likely related to underlying cognitive factors associated with information processing. Cultural worldview theory suggests that people actively choose what to fear (and how much to fear it) in order to support their ways of life (Kahan, 2012). Aspects of these choices may include prioritizing public vs. private interests, choice vs. control, and differing levels of belief and/or adherence to egalitarianism, hierarchy, individualism, and communitarianism. To assess whether and how cultural worldviews relate to perceptions of risk to natural hazards we recruited 503 residents of New South Wales (stratified between urban and regional areas) who completed a cultural worldview questionnaire and a new questionnaire developed by the researchers to assess four aspects of natural hazards: 1) perceptions of the risk of natural hazards; 2) perceptions of control over natural hazards; 3) perceptions of responsibility for natural hazard preparation and outcome; and 4) trust in different sources of information about natural hazards. Results indicated significant but varying relationships among cultural cognition types (i.e., egalitarianism, hierarchy, individualism, communitarianism) and the four aspects of natural hazard risk perception. Some consistency was found regarding how cultural cognition types predicted risk perception across four different types of natural hazards (bushfire, flood, severe thunderstorm, earthquake) but this also varied by geographical location. Understanding the influence of cultural worldviews on attitudes toward natural hazards might lead to community engagement messages orientated to the views of egalitarianism, hierarchy, individualism, and communitarianism.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherBushfire and Natural Hazards CRCen
dc.relation.ispartofResearch Forum 2017: proceedings from the Research Forum at the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC & AFAC Conferenceen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
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dc.titleCultural Worldviews and Natural Hazard Risk Perception: A Pilot Study of Australian Adultsen
dc.typeConference Publicationen
dc.relation.conferenceAFAC 2017: Australasian Fire Authorities Council and Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Conferenceen
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local.contributor.firstnameMelissaen
local.contributor.firstnameAmyen
local.subject.for2008040699 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008961005 Natural Hazards in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environmentsen
local.profile.schoolInstitute for Rural Futuresen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Psychologyen
local.profile.emailmparson@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailalykins@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.date.conference4th - 6th September, 2017en
local.conference.placeSydney, Australiaen
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage307en
local.format.endpage315en
local.url.openhttps://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/researchproceedings2017en
local.title.subtitleA Pilot Study of Australian Adultsen
local.access.fulltextYesen
local.contributor.lastnameParsonsen
local.contributor.lastnameLykinsen
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dc.identifier.staffune-id:alykinsen
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleCultural Worldviews and Natural Hazard Risk Perceptionen
local.output.categorydescriptionE2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publicationen
local.relation.urlhttps://www.bnhcrc.com.au/publications/researchproceedings2017en
local.conference.detailsAFAC 2017: Australasian Fire Authorities Council and Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Conference, Sydney, Australia, 4th - 6th September, 2017en
local.search.authorParsons, Melissaen
local.search.authorLykins, Amyen
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local.year.published2017en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/14b50d3f-7edd-4764-9381-fb22f6748a39en
local.subject.for2020370903 Natural hazardsen
local.subject.for2020520399 Clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2020190499 Natural hazards not elsewhere classifieden
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local.date.start2017-09-04-
local.date.end2017-09-06-
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School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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