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Climate-change information, health-risk perception and residents’ environmental complaint behavior: an empirical study in China

Wang, Shanyong, Jiang, Jingjing, Zhou, Yu, Li, Jun, Zhao, Dingtao, Lin, Shoufu·2020·Environmental Geochemistry and Health
DOI 10.1007/s10653-018-0235-4
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Motivating residents to deliver environmental complaints is beneficial for environmental authorities to help them manage environmental issues and alleviate the adverse effects caused by climate change. The major aim of the present study is to understand how climate-change information and residents' health-risk perceptions (both physical and mental dimensions) affect residents' environmental complaint behavior. The research framework was developed according to planned behavior theory, risk perception behavior and information behavior models. This framework was empirically assessed by employing questionnaire survey data gathered from 1273 respondents in China. The results indicate that climate-change information and residents' health-risk perceptions have all significantly positive effects on residents' attitudes toward environmental complaints and their intention to submit environmental complaints. Meanwhile, residents' health-risk perception is also positively affected by climate-change information. Mental health-risk perception plays a much stronger role in determining a residents' attitude and intention to submit an environmental complaint than does physical health-risk perception. Furthermore, attitude toward environmental complaint, perceived behavioral control and subjective norm all have significantly positive effects on a residents' intention to submit an environmental complaint. Additionally, this study also addresses the intention-behavior gap and suggests a positive relationship between intention and behavior. The present study may provide some practical implications to motivate residents to submit environmental complaints.

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  • Perceiving climate change as detrimental to mental health influences residents' attitude and intention to take environmental action more than physical health-risk perception.

    “Additionally, perceiving climate change as detrimental to mental health was shown to influence a residents’ attitude and intention to take environmental action more than physical health-risk perception [89].”

    From Climate Change and Mental Health: A Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [89]

  • Results from a survey in China indicated that residents' health-risk perception is positively affected by climate-change information.

    “Results from a survey in China indicated that residents’ health-risk perception is positively affected by climate-change information.”

    From Climate Change and Mental Health: A Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [89]

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Authors
Wang, S., Jiang, J., Zhou, Y., Li, J., Zhao, D., & Lin, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (CN)
  • Fujian Normal University (CN)
Corresponding author
Zhou, Yu
ORCID
Venue
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2019-01-01
Volume
42
Issue
3
Pages
719-732
ISSN
  • 0269-4042 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2983
DOI
10.1007/s10653-018-0235-4
OpenAlex
W2907597631
Cited by
37
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3
FWCI
8.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Environmental Geochemistry and Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (71601174, 71804174, 71571172)
  • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M632555)
  • National Social Science Foundation of China (16CJL020)
  • Fujian Fund of Soft Science Research (2017R0034)
  • Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University (None)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Pro-Environmental Behavior and Attitudes
Keywords
climate change information, health risk perception, intention-behavior gap, theory of planned behavior, information behavior, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, environmental governance, China
MeSH terms
Health Risk Behaviors, Adolescent, Adult, Attitude, China, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Motivation, Perception, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Intention, Young Adult, Climate Change, Environmental Policy

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