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Risk, psychophysical numbing and value of individual and community lives: an empirical study
NRU Higher School of Economics
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2013.
No. 09.
Gavrilov K. A.
This paper deals with the “value of life” concept in the field of risk analysis, especially in relation to the sociology of risk. The central part of the paper describes the methodology and main findings of an empirical study analysing the interconnection between the value of life and the value of the social whole. This empirical study is based on “psycho-physical numbing” research and utilises several ideas from folk sociology studies, particularly the notion of the “perceived entitativity” of groups and the corresponding dimensions and factors of “entitativity”. Our study demonstrates that the willingness to support programs and measures aimed at helping victims is generally affected by the description of the community under risk, particularly if the community is perceived as a high-entitative one.
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Emotion regulation (ER) involves processes by which individuals modulate the intensity, duration, and expression of emotional responses, and its dysregulation is associated with a broad spectrum of psychological disorders. While traditionally conceptualized within psychological frameworks, ER is increasingly recognized as biologically grounded, involving intricate interactions between neurochemical, hormonal, and metabolic systems. This narrative review aims ...
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This study aimed to investigate how individuals’ motivation for creativity and creative personality can be predicted by their plurilingual and pluricultural experiences. To test the research hypotheses, 261 individuals (74 male and 214 female) were recruited via simple random sampling. Data collection included assessments of plurilingual experience (measured by the abridged version of the Multilingual ...
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Innovation has long been at the center of debates in economics, management, and organizational studies. However, innovation is never free of uncertainty and risk. Every act of innovation implies a departure from established paths and a willingness to embrace the unknown. From the beginning it's never clear if there is an audience which appreciates the ...
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