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Lena Masch
@lenamasch.bsky.social
political scientist | Political Psychology | Political Communication | text & images | 🐈‍⬛ lady she/her #firstgen

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📷: Tobias Koch
Herzlichen Glückwunsch und einen guten Start!
September 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Although some differences persisted, the results show that empathy appeals could potentially facilitate the integration of refugees and strengthen social cohesion in diverse societies. The full paper (with more analyses and results) can be found here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Empathy During Crises: Investigating Attitudes, Tolerance, and Ingroup–Outgroup Dynamics in Response to Refugee Movements
Objective In times of societal crises, it is pivotal to understand and share others' feelings. Yet, the role of empathy in fostering prosocial responses during societal crises has not gained enough ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We asked participants how close they felt towards various groups of refugees and found that individuals with higher levels of empathy (empathic concern and perspective taking) perceived others as closer.
February 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We found that higher levels of empathy were linked to more favorable views of refugees and pro-refugee policies, such as the admission of refugees, their access to social benefits, and the granting of work permits.
February 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
For this study, we developed a measure of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs with three items. It was implemented in a panel wave in summer/ fall 2020, and is available in the standard edition of the GESIS Panel.
January 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We find only small effects of individual need for cognitive closure, but strong effects for pre-pandemic political trust and concurrent crisis trust in political and medical institutions.
January 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It'd be great if you could add me too if there's enough space. Thank you!
December 16, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Congrats Lisa! 💪🥳
December 9, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Could you add me, too, on Sunday :)?
November 27, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Thank you!
November 21, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Could you add me too?
November 21, 2024 at 2:31 PM
vielen Dank :) !
November 17, 2024 at 6:52 PM
🙋‍♀️👋
November 17, 2024 at 6:38 PM
ja, wir arbeiten gerade an der detaillierten Darstellung in einem Paper, das teilen wir dann gerne.
October 4, 2024 at 8:00 AM