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SUBMITTER: Eriksson L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5758928 | biostudies-other | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Environment and behavior 20170210 2
Global change calls for more active approaches to forest risk management. To avoid unforeseen backlashes, it is necessary to examine the general public's acceptance of the risk management strategies. By drawing on different theoretical approaches (threat and prevention, performance evaluations, and forest cognitions), the present study examines predictors of acceptability in the general public in three counties in Sweden (<i>N</i> = 1,026). As expected, appraisals of threat mediated the effect o ...[more]