The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on individuals, insights from the social and behavioural sciences can be used to help align human behaviour with the recommendations of epidemiologists and public health experts. Here we discuss evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping. In each section, we note the nature and quality of prior research, including uncertainty and unsettled issues. We identify several insights for effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight important gaps researchers should move quickly to fill in the coming weeks and months.

Van Bavel, J., Baicker, K., Boggio, P., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., et al. (2020). Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, 4(5), 460-471 [10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z].

Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response

Valerio Capraro;
2020

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on individuals, insights from the social and behavioural sciences can be used to help align human behaviour with the recommendations of epidemiologists and public health experts. Here we discuss evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping. In each section, we note the nature and quality of prior research, including uncertainty and unsettled issues. We identify several insights for effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight important gaps researchers should move quickly to fill in the coming weeks and months.
Articolo in rivista - Review Essay
Adaptation, Psychological; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; Decision Making; Epidemiological Monitoring; Global Health; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Human Activities; Humans; Leadership; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; Public Health; Quarantine; Social Distance; Social Media; Stress, Psychological
English
2020
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5
460
471
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Van Bavel, J., Baicker, K., Boggio, P., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., et al. (2020). Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, 4(5), 460-471 [10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z].
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