Drawing from hazard and disaster literature, this article advances Freudenburg’s concept of recreancy and Hobfoll’s Conservation of Resources theory in response to calls for more theory development in research on hydraulic fracturing. Respectively, these theoretical frames refer to stress associated with trust in institutional failure to safeguard the wellbeing of society, as well as resource loss, threat of loss, or investment of resources without return or gain. We contribute to the expanding body of knowledge in energy and social science research by investigating risk perceptions of induced seismicity (earthquakes) associated with hydraulic fracturing processes. Using structural equation modeling, we analyze data from a 2018 household telephone survey in two regions of Oklahoma (N = 600). Findings indicate that perceptions of recreancy (β = 0.38), opinion of fracking risks (β = 0.31), and number of earthquakes (β = 0.11) directly affect perceptions of earthquake risk, while political views, economic resource loss and views of fracking benefits are indirectly related to perceptions of earthquake risk.

本文借鉴灾害和灾害文献，提出了 Freudenburg 的再生概念和 Hobfoll 的资源保护理论，以响应对水力压裂研究进行更多理论发展的呼吁。这些理论框架分别是指与信任制度失败以维护社会福祉，以及资源损失、损失威胁或资源投资无回报或收益相关的压力。我们通过调查与水力压裂过程相关的诱发地震活动（地震）的风险认知，为扩大能源和社会科学研究的知识体系做出贡献。使用结构方程模型，我们分析了 2018 年俄克拉荷马州两个地区的家庭电话调查数据（N = 600）。研究结果表明，对再生的看法 ( β  = 0.38)、对水力压裂风险的看法 ( β  = 0.31) 和地震次数 ( β  = 0.11) 直接影响对地震风险的看法，而政治观点、经济资源损失和水力压裂收益的看法与对地震风险的认知间接相关。