Societal risk perception among Egyptian adolescents and young adults

Ahmed, Ramadan A.; Macri, Dimitra; Mullet, Étienne

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“…These studies have shown that risk ratings may substantially vary from one country to another. As an example, the level of risk associated with the item "Nuclear Power Plants" was rated 31 (out of 100) in a Hungarian sample (Englander et al 1986), 34 in a Swedish sample (Nyland 1993), 47 in a Norwegian sample (Teigen et al 1988), an Australian sample (Finucane and Maybery 1996), and a Finnish sample (Mullet et al 2004), 49 in a Polish sample (Goszcynska et al 1991), 62 in an Italian sample (Savadori et al 1998), 66 in a Macanese sample (Neto and Mullet 2001) and a Brazilian sample (Nyland 1993), 67 in a Portuguese sample (Neto and Mullet 1999), 68 in a Hong Kong sample (Keown 1989), 69 in a French sample (Karpowicz-Lazreg and Mullet 1993), 72 in a U.S. sample (Slovic et al 1985) and a Korean sample (Cha 2000), 76 in an Egyptian sample (Ahmed et al 2006), 78 in a Burkina Faso sample (Koné and Mullet 1994), and 84 in a Spanish sample (Muñoz Sastre et al 2006).…”

Section: Societal Risk Perceptionmentioning

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Societal Risk Perception in Present Day Russia

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Rivière

et al. 2009

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

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The study analyzed new information regarding the way in which present day Russians (living in Moscow or Tula) perceive societal risks. The main concerns of Russians in year 2003 were essentially the same ones that were identified in previous studies conducted on Western samples: violence, sex, and addiction-type hazards received the highest risk ratings. Women's mean risk judgments were systematically higher than men's mean judgments, and older participants' mean judgments were higher than younger participants' mean judgments regarding domestic hazards. Technically trained people perceived higher societal risk than people with training in the humanities, but the difference between people with technical training and people trained in the humanities was more accentuated among younger people than among the elderly. Also, men living in Tula perceived themselves as less exposed to risks of violence than women living in Tula and both men and women living in Moscow.

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Section: Societal Risk Perceptionmentioning

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Societal Risk Perception in Present Day Russia

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“…It was about the specific differences observed between the Kuwaiti ratings and the French ratings. In the study by Ahmed et al (2006) numerous important differences between Egyptians and French ratings were observed. These differences were concerned with items related to the following: health and medical care (e.g., food irradiation, alcoholic beverages, water fluoridation, homeopathic drugs); the environment (e.g., lead, solar power plants, nuclear waste storage, genetically engineered organisms); violence (e.g., police work, fire fighting, hunting); buildings (skyscrapers, tribunes in stadium); and several items related to common individual hazards (e.g., piercing, cosmetics, jogging, and sunbathing).…”

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“…The questionnaire used was the same as the one used in the study conducted in Egypt (Ahmed et al 2006). It was composed of 86 items taken from Slovic et al's (1985) risk questionnaire and 55 additional items borrowed from Bouyer et al (2001).…”

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Societal Risk Perception in Arab Countries: The Case of Kuwait

Ahmed

Mullet

2008

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

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The study was aimed at examining data on risk perception from an Arab countryKuwait-in order to support the existence of an Arab group as regards the way hazards are perceived. The data were gathered in 2003 and 2004 on two Kuwaiti samples of young adults and adolescents. The questionnaire used was the one used in studies conducted in Egypt and France. It comprised 141 items. The overall mean value observed in the Kuwaiti sample was close to the one found in the Egyptian sample. The linear association between Kuwaiti and French ratings was moderate (0.70) and of the same magnitude as the one found between Egyptian and French ratings. The association between Kuwaiti and Egyptian ratings was greater (0.90). In 80% of the hazards, the specific differences observed between the Kuwaiti and French ratings were the same as the ones observed between Egyptian and French ratings. The whole set of findings supports the hypothesis that Kuwaitis and Egyptians, despite huge differences in the socioeconomic environments in which they live, perceive societal risks in a common way, a way that is different from the way Western Europeans perceive them.

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“…Societal risk perception studies have been realized in multiples countries in Africa (Ahmed, Macri & Mullet, 2006;Koné & Mullet, 1994), Asia (Neto & Mullet, 2001), in Europe (Bouyer, Bagdassarian, Chaabane & Mullet, 2001;Chauvin, Hermand & Mullet, 2007;Muñoz Sastres, Gatelier, Portell, Neto & Mullet, 2006;Neto and Mullet, 2000), Latin America (e.g., Nyland, 1993), and in Oceania (Finucane & Maybery, 1996;Rohrmann, 1994). In these studies, participants rated the overall severity of hazards (for example: weapons, drugs, ways of transportation, pesticides) on scales ranging from 0 (not at all risky) to 100 (extremely risky).…”

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La percepción de riesgo social por laicos que viven en Venezuela. Una comparación entre países Latinos

Guédez

2016

Univ Psychol

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La percepción de riesgo social por laicos que viven en Venezuela. Una comparación entre países LatinosReceived: 23 July 2015 | Accepted: 01 December 2015 Ana Gabriela GuédezUniversidad de Jean Jaurès, Francia ** ABSTRACTThe present study presents the mean risk magnitude judgments on 91 activities, substances, and technologies expressed by Venezuelan adults living in the two main cities of this country: Caracas and Maracaibo. These judgments were compared methodically with findings on other samples of previous studies, namely four other Latin countries: France, Spain, Brazil, and Portugal. The aim of this study was to structure the cross-country differences in risk perception between the aforementioned countries and Venezuela using cluster analysis. A 91-hazard x 5 country matrix was created. Two main clusters were found. The Economically and Socially Challenging group (Venezuela and Portugal) and the Western Europe group (France and Spain). Brazil was situated closer to the Venezuelan and Portugal cluster than was the Western Europe group. The common denominator in the Economically and Socially Challenging group can be the economic and social problems that both of these countries struggle against. It was reasonable that Brazil was closer to this cluster, given its similarities to both countries (in geographical and cultural terms). More explanations for these clusters were presented in the discussion. Finally, some recommendations and limitations are also presented and more research in this field is suggested as well.

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Societal risk perception among Egyptian adolescents and young adults

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

Societal Risk Perception in Present Day Russia

Societal Risk Perception in Present Day Russia

Societal Risk Perception in Arab Countries: The Case of Kuwait

La percepción de riesgo social por laicos que viven en Venezuela. Una comparación entre países Latinos

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