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

Jay J. Van Bavel (), Katherine Baicker, Paulo S. Boggio, Valerio Capraro, Aleksandra Cichocka, Mina Cikara, Molly J. Crockett, Alia J. Crum, Karen M. Douglas, James N. Druckman, John Drury, Oeindrila Dube, Naomi Ellemers, Eli J. Finkel, James H. Fowler, Michele Gelfand, Shihui Han, S. Alexander Haslam, Jolanda Jetten, Shinobu Kitayama, Dean Mobbs, Lucy E. Napper, Dominic J. Packer, Gordon Pennycook, Ellen Peters, Richard E. Petty, David G. Rand, Stephen D. Reicher, Simone Schnall, Azim Shariff, Linda J. Skitka, Sandra Susan Smith, Cass R. Sunstein, Nassim Tabri, Joshua A. Tucker, Sander van der Linden, Paul van Lange, Kim A. Weeden, Michael J. A. Wohl, Jamil Zaki, Sean R. Zion and Robb Willer ()
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Jay J. Van Bavel: New York University
Katherine Baicker: University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Paulo S. Boggio: Center for Health and Biological Sciences, Mackenzie Presbyterian University
Valerio Capraro: Middlesex University London
Aleksandra Cichocka: University of Kent
Mina Cikara: Harvard University
Molly J. Crockett: Yale University
Alia J. Crum: Stanford University
Karen M. Douglas: University of Kent
James N. Druckman: Northwestern University
John Drury: University of Sussex
Oeindrila Dube: University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Naomi Ellemers: Utrecht University
Eli J. Finkel: Northwestern University
James H. Fowler: University of California, San Diego
Michele Gelfand: University of Maryland
Shihui Han: PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University
S. Alexander Haslam: University of Queensland
Jolanda Jetten: University of Queensland
Shinobu Kitayama: University of Michigan
Dean Mobbs: California Institute of Technology
Lucy E. Napper: Lehigh University
Dominic J. Packer: Lehigh University
Gordon Pennycook: University of Regina
Ellen Peters: University of Oregon
Richard E. Petty: The Ohio State University
David G. Rand: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephen D. Reicher: University of St. Andrews
Simone Schnall: Department of Psychology University of Cambridge
Azim Shariff: University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Linda J. Skitka: University of Illinois at Chicago
Sandra Susan Smith: University of California, Berkeley
Cass R. Sunstein: Harvard University
Nassim Tabri: Carleton University
Joshua A. Tucker: New York University
Sander van der Linden: Department of Psychology University of Cambridge
Paul van Lange: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Kim A. Weeden: Cornell University
Michael J. A. Wohl: Carleton University
Jamil Zaki: Stanford University
Sean R. Zion: Stanford University
Robb Willer: Stanford University

Nature Human Behaviour, 2020, vol. 4, issue 5, 460-471

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2020
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