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

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Bavel, Jay J. Van; Baicker, Katherine; Boggio, Paulo S.; Capraro, Valerio; Cichocka, Aleksandra; Cikara, Mina; Crockett, Molly J.; Crum, Alia J.; Douglas, Karen M.; Druckman, James N.; Drury, John; Dube, Oeindrila; Ellemers, Naomi; Finkel, Eli J.; Fowler, James H.; Gelfand, Michele; Han, Shihui; Haslam, S. Alexander; Jetten, Jolanda; Kitayama, Shinobu; Mobbs, Dean; Napper, Lucy E.; Packer, Dominic J.; Pennycook, Gordon; Peters, Ellen; Petty, Richard E.; Rand, David G.; Reicher, Stephen D.; Schnall, Simone; Shariff, Azim; Skitka, Linda J.; Smith, Sandra Susan; Sunstein, Cass R.; Tabri, Nassim; Tucker, Joshua A.; Linden, Sander van der; Lange, Paul van; Weeden, Kim A.; Wohl, Michael J. A.; Zaki, Jamil; Zion, Sean R.; Willer, Robb; ... Show more Show less
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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 issued
2020-04
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125045
Department
Sloan School of Management; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Journal
Nature Human Behavior
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Citation
Van Bavel, Jay J. et al. "Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response." Nature Human Behavior (April 2020) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z © 2020 Springer Nature Limited
Version: Original manuscript
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2397-3374

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