The Pesticide Risk Beliefs Inventory
A Quantitative Instrument for the Assessment of Beliefs about Pesticide Risks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15489387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine E LePrevost (0000-0001-7360-0021, North Carolina State University, corresponding author), Margaret R Blanchard (0000-0003-4711-3793, North Carolina State University), W Gregory Cope (0000-0003-2745-1939, North Carolina State University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1923-1935 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph8061923 |
| PMID | 21776210 |
| PMCID | PMC3138005 |
| OpenAlex | W2017295619 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
Recent media attention has focused on the risks that agricultural pesticides pose to the environment and human health; thus, these topics provide focal areas for scientists and science educators to enhance public understanding of basic toxicology concepts. This study details the development of a quantitative inventory to gauge pesticide risk beliefs. The goal of the inventory was to characterize misconceptions and knowledge gaps, as well as expert-like beliefs, concerning pesticide risk. This study describes the development and field testing of the Pesticide Risk Beliefs Inventory with an important target audience: pesticide educators in a southeastern U.S. state. The 19-item, Likert-type inventory was found to be psychometrically sound with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.780 and to be a valuable tool in capturing pesticide educators' beliefs about pesticide risk, assessing beliefs in four key categories. The Pesticide Risk Beliefs Inventory could be useful in exploring beliefs about pesticide risks and in guiding efforts to address misconceptions held by a variety of formal and informal science learners, educators, practitioners, the agricultural labor force, and the general public
Agriculture · Business · Cronbach's alpha · Developmental psychology · Geography · Likert scale · Pesticide · Psychometrics · Risk assessment · Chemical Safety and Risk Management · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |