Psychology and the threat of contagion: Feeling vulnerable to a disease moderates the link between xenophobic thoughts and support for ingroup-protective actions

• Main Authors: KIM, Heejung S., EOM, Kimin, CHUANG, Roxie, SHERMAN, David K.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: disease threat; vulnerability; xenophobia; group protection; public policy; Diseases; Health Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3409; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4666/viewcontent/kim.eom_.chuang.sherman.pspb_.2021.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The widespread threat of contagious disease disrupts not only everyday life but also psychological experience. Building on findings regarding xenophobic responses to contagious diseases, this research investigates how perceived vulnerability to a disease moderates the psychological link between peop...