The emotional path to action: Empathy promotes physical distancing and wearing of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Pfattheicher, L Nockur, R Böhm… - Psychological …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a major challenge to societies all over the globe. Two
measures implemented in many countries to curb the spread of the disease are (a) …

A scoping review of research on the determinants of adherence to social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic

C Noone, NZ Warner, M Byrne, H Durand… - Health Psychology …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This scoping review focused on answering key questions about the focus, quality and
generalisability of the quantitative evidence on the determinants of adherence to social …

Conformity and reactions to deviance in the time of COVID-19

DJ Packer, ND Ungson… - Group Processes & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
We have seen massive global behavioral change as billions of people radically altered their
ways of life in response to COVID-19. Here, we review how research on conformity and …

Peers for the fearless: Social norms facilitate preventive behaviour when individuals perceive low COVID-19 health risks

B Kittel, F Kalleitner, DW Schiestl - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
A strategy frequently adopted to contain the COVID-19 pandemic involves three non-
pharmaceutical interventions that depend on high levels of compliance in society …

Group-based trajectories and predictors of adherence to physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

S MacNeil, S Deschênes, B Knäuper… - Psychology & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This study sought to identify psychosocial predictors of trajectories of adherence
to physical distancing alongside changes in public health measures during the COVID-19 …

Partisanship unmasked? The role of politics and social norms in COVID-19 mask-wearing behavior

J Carey, B Nyhan, JB Phillips, J Reifler - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Public health officials have faced resistance in their efforts to promote mask-wearing to
counter the spread of COVID-19. One approach to promoting behavior change is to alert …

[HTML][HTML] Backlash against expert recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 advice in Latin America

F Albornoz, N Bottan, G Cruces, B Hoffmann… - Journal of Economic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Public adherence with health recommendations is vital for effective crisis response. During
the COVID-19 pandemic, governments faced considerable challenges in persuading the …

COVID-19 in India: reflections from behavioral economics

D Biswal, M Singh, CS Bahinipati - The Journal of Developing Areas, 2022 - muse.jhu.edu
Although both central and state governments in India took the decisions to impose hard
paternalistic policies of lockdown/shutdown to manage the spread of COVID-19, new cases …

[PDF][PDF] Avoiding a public health dilemma: Social norms and trust facilitate preventive behaviour if individuals perceive low COVID-19 health risks

B Kittel, F Kalleitner, DW Schiestl - SocArXiv, 2021 - files.osf.io
Until a vaccine becomes available, a frequently adopted strategy to contain the COVID-19
pandemic involves three non-pharmaceutical interventions that crucially depend on high …

Varieties of mobility measures: comparing survey and mobile phone data during the COVID-19 pandemic

F Kalleitner, DW Schiestl, G Heiler - Public Opinion Quarterly, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Human mobility has become a major variable of interest during the COVID-19 pandemic and
central to policy decisions all around the world. To measure individual mobility, research …