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How childhood adversity shapes susceptibility to covid-19 scams
Journal of the Association for Consumer Research ; 2021.
Article in English | Scopus | ID: covidwho-1550507
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 scams promise to alleviate the physical and financial risks associated with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but in fact expose consumers to additional risk. The present research examines how one prominent and unequally distributed socioeconomic factorresource availability during childhood—influences susceptibility to COVID-19 scams among US adults. One pilot and five preregistered studies (total N 5 1595) provide evidence that childhood adversity may often confer a protective advantage;when environmental threat is low, adults raised in scarcity are less susceptible to scams than those raised in abundance. However, heightened environmental threat—such as evidence of a worsening global pandemic—holds different consequences for those with different socioeconomic backgrounds whereas adults raised in abundance become less susceptible to scams when the world seems more threatening, adults raised in scarcity become more susceptible to scams under these conditions. © 2021 Association for Consumer Research. All rights reserved.

Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: Scopus Language: English Journal: Journal of the Association for Consumer Research Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: Scopus Language: English Journal: Journal of the Association for Consumer Research Year: 2021 Document Type: Article