Contamination fear in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: A moderated mediation quasi-experimental model of the effect of disgust on outgroup bias towards diaspora
| Autor: | Rareș Boian, Andreea I. Luca, Ioana R. Podina |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Aggression
Disgust sensitivity 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Context (language use) Dehumanization 050105 experimental psychology Disgust humanities Article Diaspora Moral disgust Moderated mediation COVID-19 Pandemic medicine Outgroup 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom Psychology Social psychology General Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Current Psychology (New Brunswick, N.j.) |
| ISSN: | 1936-4733 1046-1310 |
| Popis: | Disgust sensitivity plays a key role in generating and maintaining outgroup biases. To test our hypotheses, we used a quasi-experimental between-subjects design, in which participants were randomly assigned to a disgust induction condition (N = 102) or a non-induction neutral group (N = 92). The induction scenario featured the return of the diaspora to their home country due to COVID-19 concerns. In one scenario, the diaspora lied about the country they arrived from, and in the other, there was no moral transgression. We hypothesized that the effect of disgust sensitivity on dehumanization and aggressive tendencies passed through contamination fear and the moderated mediation model indicated that this indirect effect was stronger for participants in the disgust-induction than in the non-induction group. This effect was found for biological dehumanization and passive aggression outcomes, both related to outgroup bias. Consistent with the role of disgust as a disease-avoidance mechanism, our results suggest that disgust could facilitate stronger outgroup bias in the context of a high health threat, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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