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Perceptions of the Targets and Sources of COVID-19 Threat are Structured by Group Memberships and Responses are Influenced by Identification with Humankind

Psychologica Belgica
Volume 62 (2022): Issue 1
By: Svenja B. Frenzel,  Nina M. Junker,  Lorenzo Avanzi,  Valerie A. Erkens,  S. Alexander Haslam,  Catherine Haslam,  Jan A. Häusser,  Daniel Knorr,  Ines Meyer,  Andreas Mojzisch,  Lucas Monzani,  Stephen D. Reicher,  Sebastian C. Schuh,  Niklas K. Steffens,  Llewellyn E. van Zyl and  Rolf van Dick  
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|Mar 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.1043 | Journal eISSN: 0033-2879
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Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 9, 2020
Accepted on: Feb 9, 2022
Published on: Mar 16, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
threat perception,
social groups,
Social Identity Approach,
psychological distance,
COVID-19

© 2022 Svenja B. Frenzel, Nina M. Junker, Lorenzo Avanzi, Valerie A. Erkens, S. Alexander Haslam, Catherine Haslam, Jan A. Häusser, Daniel Knorr, Ines Meyer, Andreas Mojzisch, Lucas Monzani, Stephen D. Reicher, Sebastian C. Schuh, Niklas K. Steffens, Llewellyn E. van Zyl, Rolf van Dick, published by Ubiquity Press
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