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Beyond party lines: the roles of compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception on Americans’ support for coronavirus response measures

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  • Jody Chin Sing Wong
  • Janet Zheng Yang

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Employing a nationally representative sample (N = 1009), this research examines Americans’ support for coronavirus response measures influenced by three psychological factors—compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception. Results indicate that Republicans, Independents, and Democrats are equally prone to experiencing compassionate goals. Further, two socially oriented emotions (solidarity and sympathy) and risk perception mediate the relationship between compassionate goals and support for government response measures, but only the emotions mediate the relationship between compassionate goals and donation intention. Since compassionate goals promote cooperative behaviors, effective communication messaging highlighting compassionate goals may help alleviate political polarization during crises.

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  • Jody Chin Sing Wong & Janet Zheng Yang, 2021. "Beyond party lines: the roles of compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception on Americans’ support for coronavirus response measures," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3-4), pages 352-368, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:24:y:2021:i:3-4:p:352-368
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2020.1864012
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    1. Maja Adena & Julian Harke, 2022. "COVID-19 and pro-sociality: How do donors respond to local pandemic severity, increased salience, and media coverage?," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 25(3), pages 824-844, June.

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