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

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Bavel, J., Baicker, K., Boggio, P., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., Crockett, M., Crum, A., Douglas, K., Druckman, J., Drury, J., Dube, O., Ellemers, N., Finkel, E., Fowler, J., Gelfand, M., Han, S., Haslam, S., Jetten, J., Kitayama, S., Mobbs, D., Napper, L., Packer, D., Pennycook, G., Peters, E., Petty, R., Rand, D., Reicher, S., Schnall, S., Shariff, A., Skitka, L., Smith, S., Sunstein, C., Tabri, N., Tucker, J., van der Linden, S., van Lange, P., Weeden, K., Wohl, M., Zaki, J., Zion, S. and Willer, R. 2020. Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. Nature Human Behaviour. 4 (5), pp. 460-471. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z
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TitleUsing social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response
AuthorsBavel, J., Baicker, K., Boggio, P., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., Crockett, M., Crum, A., Douglas, K., Druckman, J., Drury, J., Dube, O., Ellemers, N., Finkel, E., Fowler, J., Gelfand, M., Han, S., Haslam, S., Jetten, J., Kitayama, S., Mobbs, D., Napper, L., Packer, D., Pennycook, G., Peters, E., Petty, R., Rand, D., Reicher, S., Schnall, S., Shariff, A., Skitka, L., Smith, S., Sunstein, C., Tabri, N., Tucker, J., van der Linden, S., van Lange, P., Weeden, K., Wohl, M., Zaki, J., Zion, S. and Willer, R.
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 behavior with the recommendations of epidemiologists and public health experts. Here we review experimental and correlational data 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 also highlight important gaps researchers should move quickly to fill in the coming weeks and months.

KeywordsHuman behaviour, Immunology, Sociology
PublisherNature Research
JournalNature Human Behaviour
ISSN2397-3374
Publication dates
Online30 Apr 2020
Print31 May 2020
Publication process dates
Deposited09 Apr 2020
Accepted08 Apr 2020
Output statusPublished
Accepted author manuscript
Copyright Statement

This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Nature Human Behaviour. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z
LanguageEnglish
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