TY - JOUR
AU - Mullet, Etienne
AB -  This study cross-nationally tested an eight-factor model of societal risk perception. The factors in the model were: Common individual hazards, Pollutants, Energy production and public transportation, Outdoor activities, Sex, deviance and addictions, Medical care, Weapons, and Psychotropic drugs. Using confirmatory factor analyses, the model was tested on a sample of Greek students and on a sample of French students, and was shown to satisfactorily account for the data in both samples. This model may be considered as a potentially useful tool for studying cross-national as well as individual differences (e.g., age, gender, worldviews or personality) in risk perception. Future studies are needed to determine: (a) whether this model applies to samples composed of persons of different ages or composed of persons from non-Western countries and (b) whether this model could be usefully expanded with one or more factors. 
TI - Cross-National Validation of an Eight-Factor Model of Societal Risk Perception
JF - Human & Ecological Risk Assessment
DO - 10.1080/10807030701655848
DA - 2007-11-09
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/cross-national-validation-of-an-eight-factor-model-of-societal-risk-VX4A3sVqdA
SP - 1352
EP - 1358
VL - 13
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -