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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Main Authors: Yuri Taniguchi, Tomoko Ikegami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-07-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211033251

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