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It's all connected: Collectivism, climate change, and COVID-19

Kimin Eom, Jennifer C. Cole, Stephan Dickert, Alexandra Flores, Gabriela Jiga-Boy Orcid Logo, Tehila Kogut, Marcus Mayorga, Eric J. Pedersen, Beatriz Pereira, Enrico Rubaltelli, Paul Slovic, Daniel Vastfjall, David K. Sherman, Leaf Van Boven

Acta Psychologica, Volume: 258, Start page: 105200

Swansea University Author: Gabriela Jiga-Boy Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105200

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Societal challenges like climate change and COVID-19 can be interrelated. The present research examines collectivism as a cultural value that is associated with the tendency to perceive such important interconnectedness. We further examine whether collectivism predicts perceiving interconnectedness...

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