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Respirators and headaches in industrial situations: suggesting a preventative solution
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Media exposure to terrorism and people's risk perception: The role of environmental sensitivity and psychophysiological response to stress.
No full textTerrorist attacks have a destabilizing impact on the general population, causing distress and fear. However, not all individuals are equally susceptible to the effects of terror threat. This study aimed to examine whether exposure to terrorism-related pictures interacted with individual differences in environmental sensitivity and psychophysiological response to stress to explain people’s risk perception, operationalized as perceived likelihood of a terrorist attack and willingness to trade off one’s privacy to increase national security. Ninety-five university students were randomly assigned to one of two conditions (terrorism-related vs. neutral pictures). After watching the pictures, they answered questions concerning risk perception and completed questionnaires. Stress was induced by the Mannheim Multicomponent Stress Test, during which heart rate was recorded. Results showed that the perceived likelihood of future attacks was affected by the interaction between exposure to terrorism pictures and psychophysiological reactivity to stress, whereas willingness to trade off one’s privacy to improve national security was influenced by the interaction between exposure to terrorism pictures and environmental sensitivity. The study suggests that individuals high in sensitivity and psychophysiological stress reactivity are particularly affected by terrorism-related pictures. Psychologists should direct their efforts to raise general awareness of the negative effects, especially for some people, of such media coverage
Personal airborne asbestos exposure levels associated with various types of abatement.
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Look Behind Me! Highly Informative Picture Backgrounds Increase Stated Generosity Through Perceived Tangibility, Impact, and Warm Glow
No full textIn this study, we investigated whether background information of a visual charity appeal can influence people's motivation to donate and the hypothetical amount donated. Specifically, participants were presented with a charity appeal to help a local hospital respond to the Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) emergency depicting a man sitting on a bed in a hospital room. The number of visual details (i.e., medical equipment) depicted in the background was manipulated according to three conditions: (1) "High information" condition (i.e., a room full of medical equipment), (2) "low information" condition (i.e., room with few pieces of medical equipment), and (3) "no information" condition (i.e., non-contextual background). We investigated whether the number of visual background details would have increased the tangibility of the cause measured as the hospital's adequate preparedness to deal with the COVID-19 emergency and severity of the patient's medical conditions. We also investigated whether increased tangibility, elicited by a higher amount of background information, would heighten participants' perceived impact of their donation and warm glow, which in turn would have led to increased motivation to donate and the amount donated. We found no significant direct effect of condition on the donated amount. However, path models revealed that more background information positively influenced participants' motivation to donate and the amount donated indirectly through increased tangibility, impact, and warm glow. Finally, we showed that a higher risk perception of COVID-19 was associated with higher donations. Results are discussed in line with relevant literature
Beware the inexperienced financial advisor with a high trait emotional intelligence: Psychological determinants of the misperception of the risk-return relationship
No full textAccording to financial theories, on the long run, taking risk should reward investors with higher returns. However, most investors perceive this relationship as negative. In this study, we showed that even professional financial advisors misperceived the risk-returns relationship, and we investigated the psychological determinants of this misperception in professionals. Specifically, we assessed the role of feelings towards the financial market, trait emotional intelligence (EI), and trading experience. Our results showed that financial advisors with high (vs. low) trait EI were more impacted by their feelings when estimating expected returns. Specifically, inexperienced advisors with high (vs. low) trait EI are more likely to expect a negative relationship between risks and returns. Our findings shed light on the need to educate professionals on their reliance on emotions in financial judgments
Beware the inexperienced financial advisor with a high trait emotional intelligence: Psychological determinants of the misperception of the risk-return relationship
No full textAccording to financial theories, on the long run, taking risk should reward investors with higher returns. However, most investors perceive this relationship as negative. In this study, we showed that even professional financial advisors misperceived the risk-returns relationship, and we investigated the psychological determinants of this misperception in professionals. Specifically, we assessed the role of feelings towards the financial market, trait emotional intelligence (EI), and trading experience. Our results showed that financial advisors with high (vs. low) trait EI were more impacted by their feelings when estimating expected returns. Specifically, inexperienced advisors with high (vs. low) trait EI are more likely to expect a negative relationship between risks and returns. Our findings shed light on the need to educate professionals on their reliance on emotions in financial judgments
Look behind me! Highly informative picture backgrounds increase stated generosity through perceived tangibility, impact, and warm glow.
Full text linkIn this study, we investigated whether background information of a visual charity appeal can influence people’s motivation to donate and the hypothetical amount donated. Specifically, participants were presented with a charity appeal to help a local hospital respond to the Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) emergency depicting a man sitting on a bed in a hospital room. The number of visual details (i.e., medical equipment) depicted in the background was manipulated according to three conditions: (1) “High information” condition (i.e., a room full of medical equipment), (2) “low information” condition (i.e., room with few pieces of medical equipment), and (3) “no information” condition (i.e., non-contextual background). We investigated whether the number of visual background details would have increased the tangibility of the cause measured as the hospital’s adequate preparedness to deal with the COVID-19 emergency and severity of the patient’s medical conditions. We also investigated whether increased tangibility, elicited by a higher amount of background information, would heighten participants’ perceived impact of their donation and warm glow, which in turn would have led to increased motivation to donate and the amount donated. We found no significant direct effect of condition on the donated amount. However, path models revealed that more background information positively influenced participants’ motivation to donate and the amount donated indirectly through increased tangibility, impact, and warm glow. Finally, we showed that a higher risk perception of COVID-19 was associated with higher donations. Results are discussed in line with relevant literature
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