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Disease, perceived infectability and threat reactivity: A COVID-19 study

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Using a two-wave online experiment, we investigate whether COVID-19 exposure changes participants' threat-detection threshold. Threat reactivity was measured in a signal detection task among 277 British adults who also reported how vulnerable they felt to infectious diseases. Participants' data were then matched to the local number of confirmed COVID-19 cases announced by the NHS every day. We found that participants who perceive themselves as more likely to catch infectious diseases displayed higher threat reactivity in response to increased COVID-19 cases.

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hal-03860435 , version 1 (18-11-2022)

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L. Safra, A. Sijilmassi, C. Chevallier. Disease, perceived infectability and threat reactivity: A COVID-19 study. Personality and Individual Differences, 2021, 180, pp.110945. ⟨10.1016/j.paid.2021.110945⟩. ⟨hal-03860435⟩
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