The effects of social trust on consumer perceptions of food safety

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-422

  Sapp, Stephen G ^a   Bird, Sharon R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041410282     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bollen, K. A. (1989). Structural equations with latent variables. New York: Wiley.
2. Fischhoff, B. (1995). Risk perception and communication unplugged: Twenty years of process. Risk Analysis, 15, 137-145.
3. Freudenburg, W. R. (1993). Risk and recreancy: Weber, the division of labor, and the rationality of risk perceptions. Social Forces, 71, 909-931.
4. Frewer, L. J., Howard, C., Hedderley, D., & Shepherd, R. (1996). What determines trust in information about food-related risks? Underlying psychological constructs. Risk Analysis, 16, 473-486.
5. Frewer, L. J., Howard, C., Hedderley, D., & Shepherd, R. (1998). Methodological approaches to assessing risk perceptions associated with food-related hazards. Risk Analysis, 18, 95-102.
6. Gustafson, P. E. (1998). Gender differences in risk perception: Theoretical and methodological perspectives. Risk Analysis, 18, 805-811.
7. Jöreskog, K., & Sörbom, D. (1995). LISREL 8, Chicago: Scientific Software, International.
8. Jussaume, R. A., & Higgins, L. (1998). Attitudes toward food safety and the environment: A comparison of consumers in Japan and the U.S. Rural Sociology, 63, 394-411.
9. Peters, R. G., Covello, V. T., & McCallum, D. B. (1997). The determinants of trust and credibility in environmental risk communication: An empirical study, Risk Analysis, 17, 43-54.
10. Sapp, S. G. (1996). Consumer opinions of food quality. In L. Hill (Ed.), Quality of U.S. Agricultural Products, Ames, IA: Council for Science, Agriculture, and Technology.
11. Sapp, S. G. (2003). A comparison of alternative theoretical explanations of consumer food safety assessments. Journal of Consumer Studies, 26 (in press).
12. Savage, I. (1993). Demographic influences on risk perceptions. Risk Analysis, 13, 413-420.
13. Siegrist, M., & Cvetkovich, G. (2000). Perceptions of hazards: The role of trust and knowledge. Risk Analysis, 20, 713-719.
14. Sjöberg, L. (1998). Worry and risk perception. Risk Analysis, 18, 85-93.
15. Sjöberg, L. (2001). Limits of knowledge and the limited importance of trust. Risk Analysis, 21, 189-198.
16. Slovic, P. (1999). Trust, emotion, sex, politics, and science: Surveying the risk assessment battlefield. Risk Analysis, 19, 689-701.
17. Sparks, P., & Shepherd, R. (1994). Public perceptions of the potential hazards associated with food production and food consumption: An empirical study. Risk Analysis, 14, 799-806.
18. Tomazic, T. J., Katz, B. M., & Harris, C. K. (2002). Is that strawberry safe to eat? Consumer attitudes about food safety. In R. C. Wimberly, C. K. Harris, J. J. Molnar, & T. J. Tomazic (Eds.), The social risks of agriculture: Americans speak out on food, farming, and the environment. Westport, CT: Praeger.