Applying the construal level theory to flash-flood risk perception among residents in potential danger
| Autor: | Amérigo, M., Garcia, Juan Antonio, Díez Herrero, Andrés, Bodoque, José María, Pérez López, Raquel, Talayero Sebastián, Fernando, Poggio, Lucía |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| DOI: | 10.18239/jor_20.2019.01 |
| Popis: | SRA-E-Iberian Chapter (SRA-E-I) Conference (2018. Toledo) Environmental hazards and their consequences suppose population risks. Being aware of what is or might be happening could be a key aspect as regards avoiding dangerous effects. Environmental psychologists have focused on understanding people’s perceptions of risks in order to prevent behaviour that may put people in danger. In this respect, the Construal Level Theory (CLT) suggests that people experience their surroundings and represent them mentally. By evaluating, predicting and planning real and hypothetical situations, people transcend certain dimensions of what it is called the psychological distance. The CLT establishes four dimensions regarding the psychological distance: temporal distance, spatial distance, social distance, and uncertainty. Issues that are mentally represented as being further away (temporarily, geographically, socially or hypothetically) will, therefore, be perceived as more dangerous than those that are closer. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, España Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, España Universidad de Valladolid, España Universidad Europea de Madrid, España |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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