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Risk Overgeneralization in Times of a Contagious Disease Threat

People’s assessment of risks is swayed by their current feelings. COVID-19 invokes powerful feelings because it is (i) a salient, enormous threat, (ii) unfamiliar, and (iii) intertwined with xenophobia. These three factors are known to exert predictable influence on people’s risk overgeneralization,...

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Autores principales: Lee, Spike W. S., Huang, Julie Y., Schwarz, Norbert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7308461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32612565
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01392