Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response
- Creators
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Van Bavel, Jay J.
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Baicker, Katherine
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Boggio, Paulo S.
- Capraro, Valerio
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Cichocka, Aleksandra
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Cikara, Mina
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Crockett, Molly J.
- Crum, Alia J.
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Douglas, Karen M.
- Druckman, James N.
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Drury, John
- Dube, Oeindrila
- Ellemers, Naomi
- Finkel, Eli J.
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Fowler, James H.
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Gelfand, Michele
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Han, Shihui
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Haslam, S. Alexander
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Jetten, Jolanda
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Kitayama, Shinobu
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Mobbs, Dean
- Napper, Lucy E.
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Packer, Dominic J.
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Pennycook, Gordon
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Peters, Ellen
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Petty, Richard E.
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Rand, David G.
- Reicher, Stephen D.
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Schnall, Simone
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Shariff, Azim
- Skitka, Linda J.
- Smith, Sandra Susan
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Sunstein, Cass R.
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Tabri, Nassim
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Tucker, Joshua A.
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van der Linden, Sander
- van Lange, Paul
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Weeden, Kim A.
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Wohl, Michael J. A.
- Zaki, Jamil
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Zion, Sean R.
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Willer, Robb
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.
Additional Information
© 2020 Springer Nature Limited. Received 24 March 2020; Accepted 09 April 2020; Published 30 April 2020. Author Contributions: The corresponding authors (J.V.B and R.W.) came up with the idea for the paper, invited authors to collaborate, and wrote and edited the manuscript. All other contributing authors (K.B., P.S.B., V.C., A.C., M.C., M.J.C, A.J.C., K.M.D., J.N.D., J.D., O.D., N.E., E.J.F., J.H.F., M.G., S.H., S.A.H., J.J., S.K., D.M., K.E.N., D.J.P., G.P., E.P., R.E.P., D.G.R., S.D.R., S.S., A.S., L.J.S., S.S.S., C.R.S., N.T., J.A.T., S.V.L., P.A.M.V.L., K.A.W., M.J.A.W., J.Z. and S.R.Z.) wrote and edited the paper and are listed in alphabetical order. We thank J. Rothschild for his help in inserting citations and organizing the list of biographical references. The authors declare no competing interests.Attached Files
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- Eprint ID
- 102979
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20200504-130436917
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2020-05-04Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-16Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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