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Using Behavioral Science to help fight the Coronavirus

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ID23347937
AutoresPeter D Lunn (0000-0002-7174-5320, Economic and Social Research Institute), Cameron A Belton (0000-0002-7344-250X, Economic and Social Research Institute), Ciarán Lavin (0000-0002-0184-0402, Economic and Social Research Institute), Féidhlim McGowan (0000-0001-7384-7585, Trinity College Dublin), Féidhlim P McGowan, Shane Timmon (0000-0002-0200-5927, Economic and Social Research Institute), Shane Timmons, Deirdre A Robertson (0000-0002-2829-1722, Economic and Social Research Institute)
Año2020
Volumen3
Número1
Fecha de publicación2020-03-29
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Behavioral Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2576-6465 • E-ISSN: 2576-6465
EditorialCenter for Experimental and Behavioral Public Administration (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.30636/jbpa.31.147
OpenAlexW3013776575
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas63
Referencias citadas47

This rapid, narrative review summarizes useful evidence from behavioral science for fighting the COVID-19 outbreak. We undertook an extensive, multi-disciplinary literature search covering five issues: handwashing, face touching, self-isolation, public-spirited behavior, and responses to crisis communication. The search identified more than 100 relevant papers. We find effective behavioral interventions to increase handwashing, but not to reduce face touching. Social supports and behavioral plans can reduce the negative psychological effects of isolation, potentially reducing the disincentive to isolate. Public-spirited behavior is more likely with frequent communication of what is “best for all”, strong group identity, and social disapproval of noncompliance. Effective crisis communication involves speed, honesty, credibility, empathy, and promoting useful individual actions. Risks are probably best communicated through numbers, with ranges to describe uncertainty – simply stating a maximum may bias public perception. The findings aim to be useful not only for government and public health authorities, but for organizations and communities.

Behavioural sciences · Credibility · Empathy · Government (linguistics) · Health communication · Isolation (microbiology) · Perception · Political science · Public health · Public relations · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Psychology

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