Causes of occupational heroism

1. Manipulating heroism through physical risk (vs psychological risk) and selflessness (vs self-centred motives)
2. Manipulating heroism through physical risk (vs boredom) and selflessness (vs no selflessness) 
3. Manipulating heroism through helpfulness (vs un-helpfulness) vs selflessness (vs no selflessness)
4. Assessing the structure of occupational heroism across 53 occupations
5. Manipulating heroism through suffering (vs no suffering) and courage (vs no courage) across three occupations

Consequences of occupational heroism

1. Face validity assessment of a 66-items scale measuring the hypothesised outcomes of occupational heroism
2. Factor structure and reliability analysis of a 54-items scale measuring the hypothesised outcomes of occupational heroism
3. Evaluation of the association between occupational heroism and impunity across six occupations
4. Correlational evaluation of the hypothesised consequences of occupational heroism across six occupations
5. Poppy effect: Assessing the effect of Remembrance Day on the occupational heroisation and consequences of occupational heroisation of soldiers
6. Effects of helpfulness (vs no helpfulness) and exposure to risk (vs boredom) on target outcomes across two non-heroic occupations
7. Effect of depicting Brazilian military police officers as heroic on moral condemnation of police use of force and other target outcomes

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