Personal efficacy, the information environment, and attitudes toward global warming and climate change in the United States

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-126

  Kellstedt, Paul M ^a   Zahran, Sammy ^a   Vedlitz, Arnold ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global warming and climate change; Information efficacy; Risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION EFFICACY;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39849110424     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01010.x     Document Type: Review

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