Aggressive measures, rising inequalities, and mass formation during the COVID-19 crisis: An overview and proposed way forward

MC Schippers, JPA Ioannidis, AR Joffe - Frontiers in public health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A series of aggressive restrictive measures were adopted around the world in 2020–2022 to
attempt to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from spreading. However, it has become increasingly clear …

The behavioural immune system and pandemic psychology: The evolved psychology of disease-avoidance and its implications for attitudes, behaviour, and public …

M Schaller, DR Murray, MK Hofer - European Review of Social …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This article provides an overview of the “behavioural immune system”–a suite of
psychological mechanisms that complements immunological defences by motivating pre …

Digital contact does not promote wellbeing, but face-to-face contact does: A cross-national survey during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Newson, Y Zhao, ME Zein, J Sulik… - new media & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
With restricted face-to-face interactions, COVID-19 lockdowns and distancing measures
tested the capability of computer-mediated communication to foster social contact and …

Psychological science in the wake of COVID-19: Social, methodological, and metascientific considerations

DL Rosenfeld, E Balcetis, B Bastian… - Perspectives on …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has extensively changed the state of psychological science from
what research questions psychologists can ask to which methodologies psychologists can …

Of pathogens and party lines: Social conservatism positively associates with COVID-19 precautions among US Democrats but not Republicans

T Samore, DMT Fessler, AM Sparks, C Holbrook - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Social liberals tend to be less pathogen-avoidant than social conservatives, a pattern
consistent with a model wherein ideological differences stem from differences in threat …

Morbid polarization: Exposure to COVID‐19 and partisan disagreement about pandemic response

CG Rodriguez, SK Gadarian, SW Goodman… - Political …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected the lives of all Americans, but the severity of the
pandemic has been experienced unevenly across space and time. Some states saw sharp …

How do pandemic policies and communication shape intergroup outcomes? Initial findings from the COVID-19 pandemic and open questions for research and policy

C Stern, BC Ruisch - Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Government policies can be productive tools for protecting citizens while simultaneously
forging more egalitarian societies. At the same time, history has shown that well-intentioned …

Did Descriptive and Prescriptive Norms About Gender Equality at Home Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross-National Investigation

FM Saxler, AR Dorrough, L Froehlich… - Personality and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Using data from 15 countries, this article investigates whether descriptive and prescriptive
gender norms concerning housework and child care (domestic work) changed after the …

The influence of the COVID‐19 pandemic on changes in perceived work pressure for Dutch mothers and fathers

S André, R van der Zwan - Gender, Work & Organization, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a result of the first COVID‐19 lockdown in the Netherlands in March 2020, more than half
of parents in the Netherlands had to work from home while also caring for their children. We …

[HTML][HTML] Turning back the clock: Beliefs about gender roles during lockdown

A Boring, G Moroni - Labour Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
We study the impact of lockdown measures on beliefs about gender roles. We collect data
from a representative sample of 1000 individuals in France during the first COVID-19 …