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Pictures as weapons: Delegitimization strategies in the visual propaganda of Forza Nuova
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The present study investigated how posters used in Italian right-wing propaganda spread the belief that specific target groups deserved to be marginalized and excluded. Taking the theory of delegitimization (Bar-Tal, 1989) as the theoret...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Workers as objects: The nature of working objectification and the role of perceived alienation
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The aim of the present study is to advance the research on working objectification by analyzing its nature and the mechanism underlying this process. In particular, we hypothesized that working objectification involved an automatic assoc...
Publication · June 30, 2025
"The body and soul emotion" - The role of disgust in intergroup relations
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The present study aims to expand research on emotions in intergroup relations by exploring the impact of disgust on aggressive intentions and dehumanization. Starting from Rozin and colleagues' (1999) conceptualization of disgust as the ...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Objectified conformity: Working self-objectification increases conforming behavior
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The present work explores whether self-objectification triggered by doing peculiar work activities would increase people's conforming behavior. We conducted an experimental study in which participants (N = 140) were asked to perform a hi...
Publication · June 30, 2025
The dirty side of work: Biologization of physically tainted workers
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The present studies aim to expand research on dehumanization in the work domain by exploring biologization - an unexplored form of dehumanization that involves the perception of others as infected and contagious - of physically tainted w...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Dirty jobs and dehumanization of workers
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The present study aims at expanding research on dehumanization in the work domain by exploring laypeople's dehumanizing perceptions toward stigmatized workers. Starting from Hughes' (1951) concept of dirty work, the present research aims...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Do self-objectified women believe themselves to be free? Sexual objectification and belief in personal free will
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The present study aims to investigate the indirect link between sexual objectification and belief in personal free will. We hypothesized that being subjected to objectifying commentary would lead women to self-objectify and, in turn, to ...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Together apart: The mitigating role of digital communication technologies on negative affect during the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy
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The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 has forced governments to impose a lockdown, and many people have suddenly found themselves having to reduce their social relations drastically. Given the exceptional nature of similar situations, only a ...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Seeing others as a disease: The impact of physical (but not moral) disgust on biologization
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Through three studies (N = 306), we analyzed the association between physical disgust and implicit biologization - the perception of others as disease organisms. In doing so, we employed an adapted version of the Semantic Misattribution ...
Publication · June 30, 2025
Loneliness, escapism and identification with media characters: An exploration of the psychological factors underlying binge-watching tendency
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Nowadays, binge-watching (i.e., watching multiple episodes of a TV series in one session) has become a widespread practice of media consumption, raising concerns about its negative outcomes. Nevertheless, previous research has overlooked...
Publication · June 30, 2025
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