In order to enhance public participation intention in food safety risk governance, an analytical framework was constructed based on the extended theory of planned behavior and theory of attitude-context-behavior. An empirical study was conducted using structural equation modeling, bootstrap mediation effect testing, hierarchical regression methods, and micro data to examine the influencing mechanism of public participation intention in food safety risk governance. The results indicate that: There are significant positive relationships between attitude, subjective norm, behavior control, perceived risk, past experience, and governance intention. Perceived risk and past experience mediate the relationship between attitude and governance intention. Policy regulation moderates the relationship between attitude and governance intention. Therefore, enhancing public awareness of food safety risks, optimizing public participation experiences in food safety governance, improving attitudes towards public participation in food safety governance and creating a policy environment that promotes public participation are necessary to promote social co-governance of food safety risks.
计划行为理论(Theory of planned behavior,TPB)是在多属性态度理论和理性行为理论的基础上发展而来,是解释个体行为逻辑的经典理论之一。该理论认为行为意愿(Intention,INT)反映了个体在行为决策时愿意付出的代价或努力,决定行为的产生,同时受到行为态度(Attitude toward the behavior,AB)、主观规范(Subjective norms,SN)和知觉行为控制(Perceived behavioral control,PBC)的共同影响[12]。其中,行为态度是个体对某一行为所持有的正面或负面评价的程度,包括个体的主观评价及其产生的行为认知;主观规范是个人执行某一行为所感受到的社会规范的影响,这些群体压力往往来自亲人、朋友、同事等社会距离较近的他者;知觉行为控制是个体对行为难易程度的感知,反映了个人已有的知识和预期的阻碍。根据该理论,个体的行为态度越积极,主观规范程度越高,知觉行为控制力越强,实施该行为的意愿就越强烈。食品安全风险治理中的公众参与是公众有计划的行为决策,遵循计划行为理论,据此提出如下假设:
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