Public Attitudes to Genomics: Vignette Studies, 2004

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>These vignette studies form part of a wider project to provide a basic understanding of current attitudes among the public towards a range of new genetic technologies. Public attitudes and behaviour toward developments in this area of science are likely to be conditional, at least in part, upon consideration of contextual factors. The vignette studies were designed specifically to investigate:<ul><li>the effect of contextual factors upon intended behaviour and the cognitive and affective components of attitudes</li><li>the degree to which simple survey attitude questions might hide genuinely ambivalent responses to genetic technologies</li><li>the extent to which any context effects are domain specific (the domains being human, plant and animal applications of genetic technologies)</li></ul><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Quasi-experimental vignette studies were devised on the six topics: stem-cells; genetic testing; genetically modified (GM) crops; gene patenting; reproductive technologies; human cloning. Each study required participants to complete a short baseline survey. They were then randomly allocated one of four written scenarios about one of the genetic technologies which emphasised a particular aspect of its application or the context in which it was situated. A further set of questions was then completed about the respondent's attitude, feelings and intended behaviour with regard to the scenario they received. Each participant completed two studies. The file includes data from the vignettes and baseline survey.<br><P>本摘要版权归属英国数据服务中心（UK Data Service）与本次数据采集的版权所有者。</P><br>本系列情景实验研究（vignette studies）是一项更宏大研究项目的组成部分，该项目旨在系统了解公众对各类新型基因技术的当下态度。公众对该科学领域发展的态度与行为，至少在一定程度上，可能取决于对情境因素的考量。本次情景实验研究的核心设计目标为探究以下内容：<ul><li>情境因素对受访者意向行为，以及态度的认知与情感维度的影响</li><li>简单的调查态度问题，可能掩盖公众对基因技术真实矛盾态度的程度</li><li>情境效应在多大程度上具有领域特异性（研究领域涵盖基因技术的人类应用、植物应用与动物应用）</li></ul><br><B>核心主题</B>:<BR><br>本次研究围绕六大主题设计了类实验情景实验研究：干细胞技术、基因检测、转基因（GM）作物、基因专利、生殖技术以及人类克隆。每一项研究均要求受访者完成一份简短的基线调查问卷。随后，研究人员会为受访者随机分配与某一基因技术相关的四份书面情景材料之一，每份材料均侧重该技术应用的某一特定维度或其所处的具体情境。之后，受访者需完成针对其所接收情景材料的态度、感受与意向行为相关的后续问卷。每位受访者需完成两项研究。本数据集文件包含情景实验与基线调查的相关数据。