Chris Fife‐schaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 1358751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Fife‐schaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Fife‐schaw |
| SIGNATURE | SCHAW C F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Surrey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5010-7637 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ingredients of institutional reputations and citizen engagement with regulators
The purpose of this study is to examine the link between the reputational components of efficacy and moral reliability of institutions, and citizens' compliance with institutional recommendations. Research on bureaucratic reputations highlights the significance of positive political reputations based on credibility and legitimacy, but the impact of these components is not systematically isolated and studied. We draw insights from political psycho…
Public attitudes to genomic science: An experiment in information provision
We use an experimental panel study design to investigate the effect of providing “value-neutral” information about genomic science in the form of a short film to a random sample of the British public. We find little evidence of attitude change as a function of information provision. However, our results show that information provision significantly increased dropout from the study amongst less educated respondents. Our findings have implications …
Attitudes to biotechnology: Estimating the opinions of a better-informed public
Public familiarity with basic scientific concepts and principles has been proposed as essential for effective democratic decision-making (Miller, 1998). Empirical research, however, finds that public 'scientific literacy' is generally low, falling well short of what normative criteria would consider 'acceptable.' This has prompted calls to better engage, educate and inform the public on scientific matters, with the additional, usually implicit as…
Research Note: Extending the application of the psychometric approach for assessing public perceptions of food risk: some methodological considerations
The 'psychometric approach' to the study of public perceptions of hazards has largely been limited to describing and exploring patterns of perception using cross-sectional survey data. This article discusses a number of methodological issues that need to be considered prior to employing this approach in studies monitoring changes in perceptions, the impact of risk communications, differences between groups, and other potentially more informative …
Commentary on Joffe (1996) Aids research and prevention: A social representation approach
Hélène Joffe's (1996) article provides us with a well‐presented argument detailing the failings of Knowledge, Attitude, Belief and Practice (KABP) approaches in the domain of AIDS/HIV prevention behaviours and argues that the Theory of Social Representations (Moscovici, 1984) offers a useful alternative perspective. In this commentary I would like to expand on some of the issues she raises and to counter‐argue that the case for adopting social re…
Public Perceptions of Everyday Food Hazards: A Psychometric Study
In this paper, we discuss the conduct and results of a study aimed at eliciting public perceptions of food‐related hazards. This study employs the psychometric approach of Paul Slovic and colleagues and aims to extend the recent work of Sparks and Shepherd (1) on defining the primary dimensions of food‐related risk perceptions. The study surveyed a nationally representative sample of the general public (respondents = 293; adjusted response rate =…
Estimating sexual behaviour parameters in the light of Aids: A review of recent UK studies of young people
This paper reviews UK surveys of the sexual behaviour of young people since the advent of AIDS. The studies, which are restricted to those whose samples were intended to be representative of the general population, reveal broadly similar estimates of key sexual behaviours (numbers with sexual experience, numbers of partners, frequency of intercourse, condom use and anal penetration). In spite of these similarities and the usefulness of such infor…
Sexual activities and preferences in a United Kingdom sample of 16 to 20-year-olds
The class basis of late teenage voting preferences
In this paper we discuss the degree to which it is reasonable to talk about a class basis for voting preferences in teenagers and to address the stability of their party identifications. Recent arguments about how class-vote links should be assessed are brought to bear on the class-of-origin influences on new members of the electorate. We will demonstrate that there is a link between class-of-origin and party ID but what relative class basis ther…
Predicting the Intention Not to Vote in Late Teenage: A U.K. Study of 17- and 18-Year-Olds
The great bulk of research into the psychology of voting behavior has been concerned with accounting for partisan preferences and political actions, particularly of unconventional kinds. Despite the fact that some 30% of the U.K. and over 50% of U.S. electorate fail to vote at general elections, little direct attention has been paid to accounting for nonvoting and political apathy in general. Utilizing British data from teenagers participating in…
Young people's attitudes to new technology in Devon: An element in regional growth potential∗
Political Activity and Political Attitudes in Teenagers: Is There Any Correspondence? A Research Note
addressed the relationship between young peoples'political activities and their political attitudes. This paper reports a study of 210 British 16-18-year-olds and assesses the levels of political activity in this group and relates these to political attitudes. The results suggest that greater levels of activity are associated with individuals holding left-of-center political views. Such individuals reported paying greater attention to TV and news…
Parental influence and teenagers' motivation to train for technological jobs
While governments are making attempts to attract young people into scientific and technical training programmes, these have yet to have any significant impact on numbers taking such training. This paper reports findings from a large, cross‐regional survey of factors influencing young people's (13–18‐year‐olds) motivations to take technological training. By focusing on teenagers' perceptions of the influence parents have exerted over their educati…
Young people's attitudes toward new technology: Source and structure
Young people's attitudes toward new technology are largely pragmatic rather than evaluative and are strongly related to psychological factors as well as to educational and familial background
Occupational aspirations and attitudes to new technology
Following Cotgrove's (1982) thesis that there is a stable relationship between political and economic beliefs and attitudes to science and technology this paper sets out to test the hypothesis that attitudes to science and technology have direct implications for individuals' job aspirations. Though attitudes to technology were found to be multidimensional the data provide evidence to support Cotgrove's thesis for those aspiring to technological j…
Attitudes Towards New Technology in Relation to Scientific Orientation at School: A Preliminary Study of Undergraduates
S ummary . Much has been made about the need to train more people to work with the New Technologies though little is known about why such a relatively small number of people actually take up technological training. It seems likely that attitudes towards technology and work will play an important role in people's motivations to train and, as yet, these have received little empirical study. This paper reports findings from a survey of university st…
Ingredients of institutional reputations and citizen engagement with regulators
The purpose of this study is to examine the link between the reputational components of efficacy and moral reliability of institutions, and citizens' compliance with institutional recommendations. Research on bureaucratic reputations highlights the significance of positive political reputations based on credibility and legitimacy, but the impact of these components is not systematically isolated and studied. We draw insights from political psycho…
Research Note: Extending the application of the psychometric approach for assessing public perceptions of food risk: some methodological considerations
The 'psychometric approach' to the study of public perceptions of hazards has largely been limited to describing and exploring patterns of perception using cross-sectional survey data. This article discusses a number of methodological issues that need to be considered prior to employing this approach in studies monitoring changes in perceptions, the impact of risk communications, differences between groups, and other potentially more informative …
Sexual activities and preferences in a United Kingdom sample of 16 to 20-year-olds
Predicting the Intention Not to Vote in Late Teenage: A U.K. Study of 17- and 18-Year-Olds
The great bulk of research into the psychology of voting behavior has been concerned with accounting for partisan preferences and political actions, particularly of unconventional kinds. Despite the fact that some 30% of the U.K. and over 50% of U.S. electorate fail to vote at general elections, little direct attention has been paid to accounting for nonvoting and political apathy in general. Utilizing British data from teenagers participating in…
Young people's attitudes to new technology in Devon: An element in regional growth potential∗
Political Activity and Political Attitudes in Teenagers: Is There Any Correspondence? A Research Note
addressed the relationship between young peoples'political activities and their political attitudes. This paper reports a study of 210 British 16-18-year-olds and assesses the levels of political activity in this group and relates these to political attitudes. The results suggest that greater levels of activity are associated with individuals holding left-of-center political views. Such individuals reported paying greater attention to TV and news…
Young people's attitudes toward new technology: Source and structure
Young people's attitudes toward new technology are largely pragmatic rather than evaluative and are strongly related to psychological factors as well as to educational and familial background
Occupational aspirations and attitudes to new technology
Following Cotgrove's (1982) thesis that there is a stable relationship between political and economic beliefs and attitudes to science and technology this paper sets out to test the hypothesis that attitudes to science and technology have direct implications for individuals' job aspirations. Though attitudes to technology were found to be multidimensional the data provide evidence to support Cotgrove's thesis for those aspiring to technological j…
Attitudes Towards New Technology in Relation to Scientific Orientation at School: A Preliminary Study of Undergraduates
S ummary . Much has been made about the need to train more people to work with the New Technologies though little is known about why such a relatively small number of people actually take up technological training. It seems likely that attitudes towards technology and work will play an important role in people's motivations to train and, as yet, these have received little empirical study. This paper reports findings from a survey of university st…
Parental influence and teenagers' motivation to train for technological jobs
While governments are making attempts to attract young people into scientific and technical training programmes, these have yet to have any significant impact on numbers taking such training. This paper reports findings from a large, cross‐regional survey of factors influencing young people's (13–18‐year‐olds) motivations to take technological training. By focusing on teenagers' perceptions of the influence parents have exerted over their educati…
Young people's attitudes to new technology in Devon: An element in regional growth potential∗
Political Activity and Political Attitudes in Teenagers: Is There Any Correspondence? A Research Note
addressed the relationship between young peoples'political activities and their political attitudes. This paper reports a study of 210 British 16-18-year-olds and assesses the levels of political activity in this group and relates these to political attitudes. The results suggest that greater levels of activity are associated with individuals holding left-of-center political views. Such individuals reported paying greater attention to TV and news…
Predicting the Intention Not to Vote in Late Teenage: A U.K. Study of 17- and 18-Year-Olds
The great bulk of research into the psychology of voting behavior has been concerned with accounting for partisan preferences and political actions, particularly of unconventional kinds. Despite the fact that some 30% of the U.K. and over 50% of U.S. electorate fail to vote at general elections, little direct attention has been paid to accounting for nonvoting and political apathy in general. Utilizing British data from teenagers participating in…
The class basis of late teenage voting preferences
In this paper we discuss the degree to which it is reasonable to talk about a class basis for voting preferences in teenagers and to address the stability of their party identifications. Recent arguments about how class-vote links should be assessed are brought to bear on the class-of-origin influences on new members of the electorate. We will demonstrate that there is a link between class-of-origin and party ID but what relative class basis ther…
Estimating sexual behaviour parameters in the light of Aids: A review of recent UK studies of young people
This paper reviews UK surveys of the sexual behaviour of young people since the advent of AIDS. The studies, which are restricted to those whose samples were intended to be representative of the general population, reveal broadly similar estimates of key sexual behaviours (numbers with sexual experience, numbers of partners, frequency of intercourse, condom use and anal penetration). In spite of these similarities and the usefulness of such infor…
Sexual activities and preferences in a United Kingdom sample of 16 to 20-year-olds
Public Perceptions of Everyday Food Hazards: A Psychometric Study
In this paper, we discuss the conduct and results of a study aimed at eliciting public perceptions of food‐related hazards. This study employs the psychometric approach of Paul Slovic and colleagues and aims to extend the recent work of Sparks and Shepherd (1) on defining the primary dimensions of food‐related risk perceptions. The study surveyed a nationally representative sample of the general public (respondents = 293; adjusted response rate =…
Commentary on Joffe (1996) Aids research and prevention: A social representation approach
Hélène Joffe's (1996) article provides us with a well‐presented argument detailing the failings of Knowledge, Attitude, Belief and Practice (KABP) approaches in the domain of AIDS/HIV prevention behaviours and argues that the Theory of Social Representations (Moscovici, 1984) offers a useful alternative perspective. In this commentary I would like to expand on some of the issues she raises and to counter‐argue that the case for adopting social re…
Research Note: Extending the application of the psychometric approach for assessing public perceptions of food risk: some methodological considerations
The 'psychometric approach' to the study of public perceptions of hazards has largely been limited to describing and exploring patterns of perception using cross-sectional survey data. This article discusses a number of methodological issues that need to be considered prior to employing this approach in studies monitoring changes in perceptions, the impact of risk communications, differences between groups, and other potentially more informative …
Attitudes to biotechnology: Estimating the opinions of a better-informed public
Public familiarity with basic scientific concepts and principles has been proposed as essential for effective democratic decision-making (Miller, 1998). Empirical research, however, finds that public 'scientific literacy' is generally low, falling well short of what normative criteria would consider 'acceptable.' This has prompted calls to better engage, educate and inform the public on scientific matters, with the additional, usually implicit as…
Public attitudes to genomic science: An experiment in information provision
We use an experimental panel study design to investigate the effect of providing “value-neutral” information about genomic science in the form of a short film to a random sample of the British public. We find little evidence of attitude change as a function of information provision. However, our results show that information provision significantly increased dropout from the study amongst less educated respondents. Our findings have implications …
Ingredients of institutional reputations and citizen engagement with regulators
The purpose of this study is to examine the link between the reputational components of efficacy and moral reliability of institutions, and citizens' compliance with institutional recommendations. Research on bureaucratic reputations highlights the significance of positive political reputations based on credibility and legitimacy, but the impact of these components is not systematically isolated and studied. We draw insights from political psycho…
Psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works)