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Public support for and reactive behavior toward technological risk interventions: an extension of secondary risk theory

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  • Hye Kyung Kim
  • Rui Gu
  • Fiona Goh
  • Sonny Rosenthal
  • Shirley S. Ho

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Project Wolbachia is a dengue control initiative in Singapore. Guided by Secondary Risk Theory, this study examined how primary (dengue) and secondary (Wolbachia) threat and coping appraisals shape public support and reactive behavior toward the project. A nationally representative survey of 1,000 Singaporeans showed that support was positively linked to the perceived primary risk, the efficacy of the project and the government, while negatively related to the perceived secondary risk. Reactive behavior was positively associated with perceptions of both primary and secondary risk. Media attention and trust in the government indirectly influenced support and behavior moderated by knowledge.

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  • Hye Kyung Kim & Rui Gu & Fiona Goh & Sonny Rosenthal & Shirley S. Ho, 2025. "Public support for and reactive behavior toward technological risk interventions: an extension of secondary risk theory," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(8), pages 876-892, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:28:y:2025:i:8:p:876-892
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2025.2553848
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