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COVID-19 and prejudice against migrants: the mediating roles of need for cognitive closure and binding moral foundations. A comparative study

Journal of Social Psychology, 2021
What mitigates prejudice against migrants in situations of uncertainty? Addressing this question, we explored how individuals with greater COVID-19 concern perceive migrants as a greater threat and show prejudice against them, indirectly through the ...
Fleur Bianco, A. Kosic, Antonio Pierro
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Effects of Psychological Distance and Need for Cognitive Closure on Impression Formation

The Journal of General Psychology, 2017
Based on theoretical and empirical similarities between Construal level theory of psychological distance and the Need for cognitive closure (NFC) theory, it could be hypothesized that psychological distance and NFC represent constructs that overlap to some degree.
Ivan Tomić, Dragutin Ivanec, Mirjana Tonković   +2 more
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Sealing the Emotions Genie

Psychological Science, 2010
This research investigated whether the physical act of enclosing an emotionally laden stimulus can help alleviate the associated negative emotions. Four experiments found support for this claim. In Experiments 1a and 1b, emotional negativity was reduced for participants who placed a written recollection of a regretted past decision or unsatisfied ...
Li, X., Wei, L., Soman, D.
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Sex Differences in Psychological Well-Being During a Facility Closure

Journal of Management, 1988
While there have been numerous studies concerning the effect of layoffs and unemployment on psychological well-being, no research has usedfemale respondents. The present study examined possible gender differences in psychological health during a facility closure.
David Braddock, Tamar Heller, Michael M. Harris   +2 more
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Continuing Trail of COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on the Education and Psychology of Children and Youths: A Narrative Review

Child Care in Practice, 2022
It’s been more than two years and the world is still struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has tested the health and education system of almost every country and has resulted in the worst crisis ever.
Naina Kumar, V. Bhatia
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Measurement of eye-opening perception of visual symbols based on Gestalt Psychology

Other Conferences, 2022
Visual symbols are the main component of visual design. Professor Wei Huang proposed the eye-opening theory of visual symbols in 1995 and pointed out the effect of changes to the whole.
Wei-Ming Huang, Hanhan Wang
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Effects of Job Insecurity From a Workplace Closure Threat on Fatigue and Psychological Distress

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2004
The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate the effect of potential workplace closure, an externally attributed form of job insecurity, on fatigue and psychological distress. In April 1999, the minister responsible announced that a governmental agency would close down one of its two locations.
IJmert Kant, Ludovic G. P. M. van Amelsvoort, Gerard M H Swaen, Ute Bültmann   +3 more
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Individual differences in need for cognitive closure.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1994
This article introduces an individual-difference measure of the need for cognitive closure. As a dispositional construct, the need for cognitive closure is presently treated as a latent variable manifested through several different aspects, namely ...
D. M. Webster, A. Kruglanski
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Correction to "Can't wait to pay: The desire for goal closure increases impatience for costs" by Roberts et al. (2023).

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Reports an error in "Can't wait to pay: The desire for goal closure increases impatience for costs" by Annabelle R. Roberts, Alex Imas and Ayelet Fishbach (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Advanced Online Publication, Dec 14, 2023, np).

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The Life Closure Scale: A Measure of Psychological Adaptation in Death and Dying

The Hospice Journal, 1990
The Life Closure Scale (LCS) is a measure of the multidimensions of psychological adaptation during the dying process and was developed in two phases. The first phase of instrument construction was based on a retroductive method utilizing: theoretical and empirical sources, a small qualitative study and analysis of concept definitions.
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