Influence of Psychological Distance on People’s Willingness to Help Accident Victims: Discrepancies Between Implicit and Explicit Inferences
Drawing on construal-level theory, this study explored how a sense of psychological distance from an accident influences people’s willingness to help victims. We conducted a scenario experiment with a sample of 81 Japanese undergraduates. Participants were presented with a short scenario describing...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-07-01
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Series: | SAGE Open |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211033251 |