Telling people to "rely on their reasoning" increases intentions to wear a face covering to slow down COVID-19 transmission
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Capraro, V. and Barcelo, H. 2021. Telling people to "rely on their reasoning" increases intentions to wear a face covering to slow down COVID-19 transmission. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 35 (3), pp. 693-699. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3793
| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Title | Telling people to "rely on their reasoning" increases intentions to wear a face covering to slow down COVID-19 transmission |
| Authors | Capraro, V. and Barcelo, H. |
| Abstract | Finding messaging to promote the use of face masks is fundamental during a pandemic. Study 1 (N=399) shows that telling people to “rely on their reasoning” increases intentions to wear a face mask, compared with telling them to “rely on their emotions”. In Study 2 (N=591) we add a baseline. However, the results show only a non-significant trend. Study 3 reports a well-powered replication of Study 2 (N=930). In line with Study 1, this study shows that telling people to “rely on their reasoning” increases intentions to wear a face mask, compared to telling them to “rely on their emotions”. Two internal meta-analyses show that telling people to “rely on their reasoning” increases intentions to wear a face mask compared (i) to telling them to “rely on their emotions” and (ii) to the baseline. These findings suggest interventions to promote intentions to wear a face mask. |
| Keywords | COVID‐19; dual process; emotion; face masks; reason |
| Sustainable Development Goals | 3 Good health and well-being |
| Middlesex University Theme | Health & Wellbeing |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Journal | Applied Cognitive Psychology |
| ISSN | 0888-4080 |
| Electronic | 1099-0720 |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 03 Feb 2021 |
| 10 May 2021 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Submitted | 25 Jul 2020 |
| Accepted | 15 Jan 2021 |
| Deposited | 18 Jan 2021 |
| Output status | Published |
| Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
| Copyright Statement | © 2021 The Authors. Applied Cognitive Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3793 |
| Language | English |
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