Taking responsibility: self-attribution for risk creation and its influence on the motivation to engage in risk management behaviors

Many risks (eg, climate change, poor health, plastic pollution) can be the result of human behaviors. Although anthropogenic risk creation is rarely intentional, it is still possible that in many circumstances individuals will recognize some degree of personal responsibility for creating the risk and, therefore, may perceive a moral obligation to manage that risk (eg, reducing carbon emissions, eating a low-fat diet, boycotting single-use...