ÿþ<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 3.2//en"> <html> <head> <title>APJMBB Volume 14 Number 2, Dec 2006</title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Arachnophilia 4.0"> <meta name="FORMATTER" content="Arachnophilia 4.0"> </head> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> .head { font-family: Arial narrow, Times new roman, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;} .title { font-family: Times new roman, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;} .text { font-family: Times new roman, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;} .affil { font-family: Times new roman, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;} .sechead { font-family: Times new roman, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;} A {text-decoration:none} A:hover {color:#ff8040;} .text3 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000;} .text4 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #0000ff;} .text2 { font-family: Times new roman, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000;} </STYLE> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080" alink="#ff0000"> <img src="../images/apjlogos.gif" width="125" height="87" alt=""><br><hr width=90% align=left> <span class=text3><a href="142cont.htm">[ Contents ]</a> [ Previous abstract ] <a href="142b.htm">[ Next abstract ]</a> <a href="../html141/141cont.htm">[ Previous issue ]</a> [ Next issue ] <a href="../../apjhome.htm">[ APJMBB home ]</a></span><hr width=90% align=left> <p class=head>As. Pac. J. Mol. Biol. &amp; Biotech., Dec 2006 Vol. 14, 33-39</p> <table width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td width=100% valign=top><span class=title>Uncovering Factors Influencing Malaysian Public Attitude Towards Modern Biotechnology </span><br> <br> <span class=text>Latifah Amin<sup>1</sup>*, Jamaluddin Md. Jahi<sup>2</sup>, Abdul Rahim Md. Nor<sup>3</sup>, Mohamad Osman<sup>4</sup> & Nor Muhammad Mahadi<sup>4</sup></span><br> <br> <span class=affil><sup>1</sup>Centre for General Studies, <sup>2</sup>Centre for Graduate Studies, <sup>3</sup>Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, <sup>4</sup>Faculty of Science and Technology,<br>Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan.<br></span> <p class=text2><sup>*</sup>Author for Correspondence.<br> Centre for General Studies<br> Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,<br> 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan.<br> Tel: 603-89216907<br> E-mail: 1nilam@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my<br> </p> <p class=text align=justify><span class=sechead>Abstract.</span><br> Modern biotechnology has been classified as a complex emerging issue that exhibits high salience combined with limited knowledge on part of the public. It has been suggested by social scientists that any complex object may be located in a variety of general classes where its evaluation may be strongly affected by extraneous concerns. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between several general classes of attitudes and attitude towards genetically modified soybean as an example of modern biotechnology product available in Malaysia. A survey was carried out on 991 respondents from various interest groups in the Klang Valley region. Results of the survey have confirmed that attitude towards complex issues such as biotechnology should be seen as a multi-faceted/multidimensional process. The most important factors predicting encouragement of GM soybean are the specific application-linked perceptions about the benefits, acceptance of risk and moral concern while risk and familiarity are significant predictors of benefit and risk acceptance. Attitude towards GM soybean is also predicted by several general classes of attitude such as general promise and concern of biotechnology, technology optimism, nature/materialistic value, predisposition towards Science and Technology, attachment to religion and custom. Researchers, policy makers and industries interested in developing and marketing GM products in Malaysia should consider the various factors mentioned in this study in order to gain public approval.</p> <a href="1423339.pdf" class=text4>[Get pdf]</a> </td></tr></table> <br> <br> <br> <br> </body> </html>