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Crawshaw AF, Vandrevala T, Knights F, Deal A, Lutumba LM, Nkembi S, Kitoko LM, Hickey C, Forster AS, Hargreaves S. Navigating vaccination choices: The intersecting dynamics of institutional trust, belonging and message perception among Congolese migrants in London, UK (a reflexive thematic analysis). PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH 2024; 4:e0002620. [PMID: 38985733 PMCID: PMC11236099 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted intersectionally marginalised migrants, revealing systemic disparities in health outcomes and vaccine uptake. Understanding the underlying social and structural factors influencing health behaviours is necessary to develop tailored interventions for migrants, but these factors have been seldom explored. This qualitative study aimed to explore contextual factors shaping COVID-19 vaccination decision-making among Congolese migrants in the UK.A community-based participatory research study was designed and led by a community-academic partnership in London, UK (2021-2022). Peer-led, semi-structured interviews were conducted in Lingala with 32 adult Congolese migrants and explored beliefs, perceptions and lived experiences of migration, healthcare, vaccination and the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflexive thematic analysis generated two themes and a model conceptualising the vaccination decision-making process. Participants and community partners were financially compensated; ethics was granted by the University of London ethics committee (REC: 2021.0128).Participants highlighted the incompatibility of lockdown restrictions with their communal culture, which intensified feelings of exclusion and alienation. Concerns about COVID-19 vaccination were attributed to safety and effectiveness, partly informed by experiences and legacies of racial discrimination and exploitation. Inequality in the pandemic response and COVID-19 outcomes heightened participants' sense that their views and needs were being overlooked, and government sources and information were perceived as coercive. Our model depicts the interplay between institutional trust, belonging, and message perception, which shaped participants' vaccination decisions and led to (non-)engagement with COVID-19 vaccination. This research enhances understanding of how social and contextual factors may influence migrants' engagement with health interventions. It underscores the importance of partnering with migrant communities to understand their needs in context and co-design tailored interventions and inclusive messaging strategies that promote trust and belonging. Implementing systemic changes to address structural inequalities will be crucial to create an environment that supports engagement with health-protective behaviours and enhances health outcomes among migrant communities.
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- Alison F. Crawshaw
- Institute for Infection and Immunity, The Migrant Health Research Group, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education, Centre for Applied Health and Social Care Research, Kingston University London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Infection and Immunity, The Migrant Health Research Group, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Infection and Immunity, The Migrant Health Research Group, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Hackney Congolese Women Support Group, c/o Hackney CVS, The Adiaha Antigha Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Hackney Congolese Women Support Group, c/o Hackney CVS, The Adiaha Antigha Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Hackney Congolese Women Support Group, c/o Hackney CVS, The Adiaha Antigha Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Hackney Refugee and Migrant Forum and Hackney CVS, The Adiaha Antigha Centre, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Infection and Immunity, The Migrant Health Research Group, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, United Kingdom
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Zelenka Martin A, Weston D, Kesten JM, French CE. A scoping review of behavioural science approaches and frameworks for health protection and emergency response. Perspect Public Health 2024:17579139241257102. [PMID: 38859635 DOI: 10.1177/17579139241257102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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AIMS Rapid intervention development, implementation, and evaluation are required for emergency public health contexts, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. A novel Agile Co-production and Evaluation (ACE) framework has been developed to assist this endeavour in future public health emergencies. This scoping review aimed to map available behavioural science resources that can be used to develop and evaluate public health guidance, messaging, and interventions in emergency contexts onto components of ACE: rapid development and implementation, co-production with patients or the public including seldom heard voices from diverse communities, and inclusion of evaluation. METHODS A scoping review methodology was used. Searches were run on MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and Google, with search terms covering emergency response and behavioural science. Articles published since 2014 and which discussed a framework or guidance for using behavioural science in response to a public health emergency were included. A narrative synthesis was conducted. RESULTS Seventeen records were included in the synthesis. The records covered a range of emergency contexts, the most frequent of which were COVID-19 (n = 7) and non-specific emergencies (n = 4). One record evaluated existing approaches, 6 proposed new approaches, and 10 described existing approaches. Commonly used approaches included the Behavioural Change Wheel; Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation Behaviour model; and social identity theory. Three records discuss co-production with the target audience and consideration of diverse populations. Four records incorporate rapid testing, evaluation, or validation methods. Six records state that their approaches are designed to be implemented rapidly. No records cover all components of ACE. CONCLUSION We recommend that future research explores how to create guidance involving rapid implementation, co-production with patients or the public including seldom heard voices from diverse communities, and evaluation.
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- Alice Zelenka Martin
- MSc Public Health Student, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation at University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Behavioural Science and Insights Unit, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK
- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emergency Preparedness & Response at King's College London, London, UK
- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Modelling and Health Economics at Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation at University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Chen S, Hu X, Xue Y, Wang Y. The effect of collectivism-oriented human resource management on employee resilience of hospitality employees. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1342318. [PMID: 38765831 PMCID: PMC11099205 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1342318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
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Introduction In the face of an increasingly challenging and rapidly evolving business environment, not all the employees exhibit the requisite resilience necessary to recover from adversity. From both the individual and organizational perspectives, enhancing employee resilience emerges as a critical issue not only in the practical and academic fields. In the Chinese culture, this research aims to investigate how and why collectivism-oriented human resource management (C-HRM) fosters employee resilience. Drawing on the group engagement model, we propose a serial mediating effect of perceived overall fairness and three dimensions of social identity between C-HRM and employee resilience. Methods Using a sample of frontline employees in the hospitality industry, we conducted a field survey among 342 employees (study 1) and a two-wave online survey among 294 hospitality employees (study 2). Results Findings from empirical analysis indicated that C-HRM significantly increases overall fairness perception of hospitality frontline employees and in turn, their identification and respect, which further fertilize employee resilience. In addition, the indirect effect of C-HRM on employee resilience through perceived overall fairness and pride was not statistically significant. Discussion These important findings are expected to help employees cope with the workplace pressures caused by ongoing challenges and change, and contribute to sustainable career development.
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- Shihua Chen
- SILC Business School, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Shanghai Lausanne Hospitality Management, Shanghai Business School, Shanghai, China
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- SILC Business School, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- SILC Business School, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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Carlini J, Fry ML, Grace D, Fox M, Zimmerman PA. Mass behaviour change amid COVID-19: How public health information and social norms explain the transformation. Health Mark Q 2023; 40:352-374. [PMID: 36576207 DOI: 10.1080/07359683.2022.2160854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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COVID-19 is a severe and ongoing threat globally, with the spread disrupting lives and society. Despite the developments of vaccines, the key measure to reduce the transmission of variants has stemmed from mass changes to personal behaviours. COVID-19 pandemic offers a unique context, where the protection behaviours enacted by an individual are necessary to keep the community safe. A social psychological perspective can be used to understand the reasons for adherence to policies and determine what other factors can shape preventive behaviours. To resolve this, in partnership with health consumers we use an online survey, with the findings substantiating preventive behaviours are positively related to COVID-19 information access and descriptive norms. Additionally, findings demonstrate the mediating role of injunctive norms on preventive behaviour suggesting that policy makers can influence decision-making by promoting health information that provides guidance on acceptable behaviours, but also demonstrates subsequent success. The integrity of the model is substantiated by partial least squares (PLS) testing.
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- Joan Carlini
- Department of Marketing, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia
- Menzies Health Institute, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Marketing, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia
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- Department of Marketing, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia
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- Health Consumers Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Menzies Health Institute, Queensland, Australia
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
- Department of Infection Control Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
- Collaborative for the Advancement of Infection Prevention and Control, Australia
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Kabasinguzi I, Ali N, Ochepo P. Mental health experiences and coping strategies of BAME care workers who worked in nursing and residential care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Luton, England. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:592. [PMID: 36991365 PMCID: PMC10054189 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15423-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the risk factors for poor mental health among care workers in the UK. However, there is inadequate evidence on the mental health impact of COVID-19 on Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) care workers in particular. This study seeks to explore mental health experiences and coping strategies of BAME care workers who worked in nursing and residential care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHOD This is a qualitative study conducted between February and May, 2021 in Luton, England. A sample of n = 15 care workers from BAME background working in nursing and residential care homes were recruited purposively using the snowball sampling technique. In-depth interviews were conducted around topics such as views on COVID-19, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the interviews was analysed using the Framework Analysis Approach. RESULTS The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the participants' mental health as they experienced stress, depression, anxiety, trauma and paranoia. The majority of the participants explained that they managed their mental health by belief in God and religious practices, by keeping themselves busy doing activities they were passionate about, following government guidelines on the prevention of COVID-19, seeing the service users happy and some participants managed through support that was offered by the government. However, some participants did not have any support for their mental health. CONCLUSION Issues such as increased workload associated with COVID-19 restrictions engendered mental health problems among BAME care workers, however, the workload only further increased during the pandemic, but the health and social care sector was already affected by heavy workload due to staff shortages and this needs to be addressed through increasing their wages to encourage more people to work in the health and social care sector. In addition, some BAME care workers never received any support for their mental health during the pandemic. Hence, integrating mental health services such as counselling, supportive psychotherapy and recreational therapies in care homes could help to support the mental health of care workers in the COVID-19 era.
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- Isabella Kabasinguzi
- Institute for Health Research, University of Bedfordshire, Putteridge Bury, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 8LE, UK
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- Institute for Health Research, University of Bedfordshire, Putteridge Bury, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 8LE, UK.
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- Institute for Health Research, University of Bedfordshire, Putteridge Bury, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 8LE, UK
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Uyheng J, Montiel CJ. Economic bifurcations in pandemic leadership: Power in abundance or agency amid scarcity? BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Mao Y, Kang X, Lai Y, Yu J, Deng X, Zhai Y, Kong F, Ma J, Bonaiuto F. Authentic leadership and employee resilience during the COVID-19: The role of flow, organizational identification, and trust. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 42:1-16. [PMID: 36713621 PMCID: PMC9869839 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-04148-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The present work investigated fundamental mediating mechanisms (i.e., flow experience, organizational identification, and trust), underlining the impact of authentic leadership on employee resilience during the turbulent COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 901 frontline employees working in a construction engineering company in China participated in this study. They were asked to respond to a battery of questionnaires comprising Trust Scale (affective-based, cognitive-based, and competence-based), Flow Proneness Questionnaire (FPQ), Organizational Identification Scale, Authentic Leadership Questionnaire, and Employee Resilience Scale. Results of structural equation modeling indicated that: (1) Authentic leadership positively predicted employee resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic, directly and indirectly. (2) As for the indirect relationship, two parallel mediation effects and one chain mediation were detected: employees' flow at work and organizational identification respectively and dependently mediated the relationship between authentic leadership and employee resilience; trust and organizational identification played as a chain mediation role within authentic leadership-employee resilience association. The study provides empirical evidence for organizations' resilience-building and leadership training programs. Findings also contribute to the literature by facilitating flow intervention, promoting organizational identification and trust to enhance the effect of authentic leadership in promoting positive psychological functioning of employee resilience. Limitations with respect to future research directions were also outlined.
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- Yanhui Mao
- Institute of Applied Psychology, Psychological Research and Counseling Center, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, China
- Department of Psychology and Behavior Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310028 Hangzhou, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, China
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- Southwest Branch, China Railway Construction Group Co., Ltd, 610031 Chengdu, China
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- Department of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, 710062 Xian, China
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- Department of Psychology and Behavior Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310028 Hangzhou, China
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- Facoltà di Economia, Universitas Mercatorum, 00186 Roma, Italy
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COVID-19 Caregiving Strategies, Quality of Life, and Stress Among Faith Community Nurses and Faith Leaders in Appalachia. J Christ Nurs 2023; 40:36-41. [PMID: 36469875 PMCID: PMC9722325 DOI: 10.1097/cnj.0000000000001017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT Faith community nurses (FCNs), pastors, and priests faced many challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, serving as frontline sources of support for congregants. The aim of this study was to identify the most common care strategies used during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine professional quality of life, perceived stress, and associated factors in faith leaders and FCNs in rural Appalachia. Using a cross-sectional, descriptive survey design, high compassion satisfaction was reported along with compassion fatigue as caregiving moved to virtual platforms, suggesting the need for greater support.
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Bagci SC, Yalcin FT, Turnuklu A, Vezzali L, Tercan M, Yilmaz AD. Looking for your cross-group friends after the breakout? Children's intergroup contact behaviours before and after the onset of COVID-19. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 62:1036-1055. [PMID: 36515077 PMCID: PMC9877674 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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While COVID-19 implications for prejudice have been investigated among adults in previous research, children's intergroup reactions to the pandemic and specifically how native children's contact behaviours with refugees might have changed after the pandemic has not been examined yet. Drawing on a unique longitudinal school dataset (N = 861, 5th graders, M age reported at T1 = 10.38, SD = 0.68) collected before the onset of the pandemic (T1, pre-lockdown), after the onset of the pandemic (T2, post-lockdown), and 6 months after the post-lockdown (T3, follow-up) in Turkey, we examined how children's contact behaviour (positive and negative contact), contact motivation (self-efficacy and volition), as well as behavioural tendencies (approach and avoidance) have shifted during this period (2.5 years). We observed a consistent pattern of improvement in contact behaviours demonstrated by increases in positive contact variables and decreases in negative contact variables particularly from T1 to T2. The change in some positive contact variables was stable for 6 months, while negative contact and avoidance rapidly regressed to the baseline during the normalization period (T3). The boosting effect of the pandemic was particularly pronounced among children who displayed greater prejudice towards refugees before the pandemic. Findings contribute to the growing research literature delineating the potential benefits of COVID-19 at the collective level.
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- Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
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Shukla S, Mishra SK, Agustino RD. Reflection of Types of Prosocial Behavior During COVID-19 in Collectivistic Asian Countries-India and Indonesia. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2022; 32:1993-2005. [PMID: 36177963 PMCID: PMC9527149 DOI: 10.1177/10497323221129260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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COVID-19 is an infectious disease that has widened the gap between victims and non-victims in society. Understanding how individuals support and assist COVID-19 sufferers in a pandemic crisis is critical. Thus, this study aims to qualitatively evaluate the prosocial intention and types of prosocial behavior toward COVID-19 victims by low socioeconomic individuals from India and Indonesia's collectivistic societies. We conducted semi-structured and in-depth interviews during the lockdown from March to May 2020, via phone and in-person, using a purposive selection of respondents (total n = 50). The data were analyzed using the qualitative synthesis method. Five themes were discovered: 1) too scared to help, 2) love to help but scared: moral dilemma, 3) informing authority who knows how to handle, 4) caring, sharing, and supporting, but with a distance, and 5) helping at one's personal health risk. This study highlights that prosocial intentions range from minor acts of kindness to self-harm and out-of-bounds acts of kindness for COVID-19 victims.
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- Shanu Shukla
- Indian Institute of Management
Indore, Indore, India
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- Josef Korbel School of International
Studies, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
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Nir N, Halperin E, Park J. The Dual Effect of COVID-19 on Intergroup Conflict in the Korean Peninsula. THE JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION 2022; 66:1908-1930. [PMID: 38603278 PMCID: PMC9198559 DOI: 10.1177/00220027221107088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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The coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally shifted the way human beings interact, both as individuals and groups, in the face of such a widespread outbreak. This paper seeks to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on intergroup emotions and attitudes within an intractable intergroup conflict, specifically, through the lens of the Korean conflict. Using a two-wave, cross-sectional design, this study was able to track the profound psychological changes in intergroup emotions and attitudes both prior to the pandemic and during its onslaught. Results of these two wave representative samples show that South Korean citizens demonstrated higher levels of fear of their neighbors in North Korea after the outbreak of COVID-19 than before. In turn, this led to increased societal support of hostile government policies towards North Koreans. Conversely, the same participants exhibited higher levels of empathy towards North Koreans during the pandemic, which led to a higher willingness to collaborate with their outgroup. This dual effect on intergroup emotions within intractable conflicts brings forth new avenues from which societies may be able to restrain the destructive influence of the COVID-19 threat on intergroup relations - as well as harvesting its constructive potential for reconciling warring intergroup relations.
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- Nimrod Nir
- Faculty of Social Science, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Social Science, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Korea Institute for National
Unification, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Colman RD, Vione KC, Kotera Y. Psychological risk factors for depression in the UK general population: derailment, self-criticism and self-reassurance. BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2022.2110214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Rory D. Colman
- Human Sciences Research Centre, University of Derby, Derby, UK
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- Human Sciences Research Centre, University of Derby, Derby, UK
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- Institute of Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Wei C, Li Q, Lian Z, Luo Y, Song S, Chen H. Variation in Public Trust, Perceived Societal Fairness, and Well-Being before and after COVID-19 Onset-Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:12365. [PMID: 36231662 PMCID: PMC9566506 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on all aspects of people's lives, including their attitudes toward society and psychological well-being. This study aimed to analyze the variation in public trust, perceived societal fairness, and well-being before and after the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study used two-wave longitudinal data of 15,487 residents (2018, T1; 2020, T2) derived from the Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS). A repeated measures analysis of variance showed that (a) public trust, perceived societal fairness, and subjective well-being significantly improved and (b) depression significantly increased. Linear regression analysis showed that education and socioeconomic status had a significant predictive effect on public trust, perceived societal fairness, and depression; socioeconomic status had a significant predictive effect on subjective well-being. This study provides evidence and direction for current social governance, namely, policy implementation and pandemic response.
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- Chunli Wei
- Center for Studies of Education and Psychology of Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Psychological Development Guidance Center, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Chongqing Key Research Bases in Humanities and Social Sciences, Chongqing 400715, China
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Kinsella EL, Muldoon OT, Lemon S, Stonebridge N, Hughes S, Sumner RC. In it together?: Exploring solidarity with frontline workers in the United Kingdom and Ireland during COVID-19. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 62:241-263. [PMID: 36097335 PMCID: PMC9538398 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The phrase 'in it together' has been used liberally since the outbreak of COVID-19, but the extent that frontline workers felt 'in it together' is not well understood. Here, we consider the factors that built (or eroded) solidarity while working through the pandemic, and how frontline workers navigated their lives through periods of disconnection. Semi-structured interviews with 21 frontline workers, across all sectors, were conducted in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The qualitative data were analysed systematically using reflexive thematic analysis. The three themes identified in the data were: (1) Solidarity as central to frontline experiences; (2) Leadership as absent, shallow and divisive: highlighting 'us-them' distinctions and (3) The rise of 'us' and 'we' among colleagues. Our research offers insights into how frontline workers make sense of their experiences of solidarity and discordance during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with relevance for government and organizational policy-makers shaping future conditions for frontline workers.
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- Elaine L. Kinsella
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues ResearchUniversity of LimerickLimerickIreland
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues ResearchUniversity of LimerickLimerickIreland
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- Department of Psychological SciencesUniversity of GloucestershireCheltenhamUK
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- Department of Psychological SciencesUniversity of GloucestershireCheltenhamUK
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- Department of Psychological SciencesUniversity of GloucestershireCheltenhamUK
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- Health and Human Performance Global AcademyCardiff Metropolitan UniversityCardiffUK
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Beese F, Waldhauer J, Wollgast L, Pförtner TK, Wahrendorf M, Haller S, Hoebel J, Wachtler B. Temporal Dynamics of Socioeconomic Inequalities in COVID-19 Outcomes Over the Course of the Pandemic—A Scoping Review. Int J Public Health 2022; 67:1605128. [PMID: 36105178 PMCID: PMC9464808 DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1605128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Objectives: International evidence of socioeconomic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes is extensive and growing, but less is known about the temporal dynamics of these inequalities over the course of the pandemic. Methods: We systematically searched the Embase and Scopus databases. Additionally, several relevant journals and the reference lists of all included articles were hand-searched. This study follows the PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews. Results: Forty-six studies were included. Of all analyses, 91.4% showed stable or increasing socioeconomic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes over the course of the pandemic, with socioeconomically disadvantaged populations being most affected. Furthermore, the study results showed temporal dynamics in socioeconomic inequalities in COVID-19, frequently initiated through higher COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates in better-off populations and subsequent crossover dynamics to higher rates in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations (41.9% of all analyses). Conclusion: The identified temporal dynamics of socioeconomic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes have relevant public health implications. Socioeconomic inequalities should be monitored over time to enable the adaption of prevention and interventions according to the social particularities of specific pandemic phases.
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- Florian Beese
- Division of Social Determinants of Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- *Correspondence: Florian Beese,
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- Division of Social Determinants of Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Social Determinants of Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Research Methods Division, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Sociology, Centre for Health and Society (CHS), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections, Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance and Consumption, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Social Determinants of Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Social Determinants of Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Siqueira CADS, de Freitas YNL, Cancela MDC, Carvalho M, da Silva LP, Dantas NCD, de Souza DLB. COVID-19 no Brasil: tendências, desafios e perspectivas após 18 meses de pandemia. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2022; 46:e74. [PMID: 35875320 PMCID: PMC9299398 DOI: 10.26633/rpsp.2022.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Objetivo. Analisar as tendências de incidência e mortalidade por COVID-19 no Brasil, nas unidades da federação e nas capitais. Método. Realizou-se um estudo ecológico com dados de incidência e de mortalidade por COVID-19 referentes ao período de 25 de fevereiro de 2020 (primeiro caso notificado no Brasil) a 31 de julho de 2021. Os dados foram agrupados por mês para cálculo das taxas brutas (por 100 000 habitantes) e avaliação das tendências temporais das unidades da federação e de suas capitais. As modificações significativas nas tendências temporais foram analisadas pelo método de regressão por joinpoint. Resultados. Foram identificadas duas ondas de novos casos e óbitos. As unidades da federação com as maiores taxas de incidência foram Amapá, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia e Roraima; Amazonas e Rondônia tiveram as maiores taxas de mortalidade. Em geral, as taxas de incidência e mortalidade foram piores na segunda onda. Na primeira onda, a média de meses até o início de uma redução de casos novos foi maior nas capitais, enquanto na segunda onda, o início da redução demorou mais nos estados. Quanto aos óbitos, as capitais necessitaram de menos tempo para apresentar redução tanto na primeira quanto na segunda onda. Conclusão. A heterogeneidade regional detectada reforça a ideia de que a incidência e a mortalidade por COVID-19 estão associadas a fatores políticos, geográficos, culturais, sociais e econômicos.
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- Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Divisão de Vigilância e Análise de Situação, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil
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- Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Departamento de Engenharia de Energias Renováveis, João Pessoa (PB), Brasil
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Nunes N, Adamo G, Ribeiro M, Nisi V. Modeling adoption, security and privacy of COVID-19 apps: findings and recommendations from an empirical study using UTAUT. JMIR Hum Factors 2022; 9:e35434. [PMID: 35862671 PMCID: PMC9484482 DOI: 10.2196/35434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background The global health crisis caused by COVID-19 has drastically changed human society in a relatively short time. However, this crisis has offered insights into the different roles that such a worldwide virus plays in the lives of people and how those have been affected, as well as eventually proposing new solutions. From the beginning of the pandemic, technology solutions have featured prominently in virus control and in the frame of reference for international travel, especially contact tracing and passenger locator applications. Objective The objective of this paper is to study specific areas of technology acceptance and adoption following a unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) research model. Methods We presented a research model based on UTAUT constructs to study the determinants for adoption of COVID-19–related apps using a questionnaire. We tested the model via confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) using travelers’ data from an insular tourist region. Results Our model explained 90.3% of the intention to use (N=9555) and showed an increased understanding of the vital role of safety, security, privacy, and trust in the usage intention of safety apps. Results also showed how the impact of COVID-19 is not a strong predictor of adoption, while age, education level, and social capital are essential moderators of behavioral intention. Conclusions In terms of scientific impact, the results described here provide important insights and contributions not only for researchers but also for policy and decision makers by explaining the reasons behind the adoption and usage of apps designed for COVID-19.
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- Nuno Nunes
- ITI / LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Campus Alameda, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisbon, PT
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- ITI / LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Campus Alameda, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisbon, PT
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- ITI / LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Campus Alameda, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisbon, PT
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Davidson L, Carter H, Drury J, Amlôt R, Haslam SA. Advancing a social identity perspective on interoperability in the emergency services: Evidence from the Pandemic Multi-Agency Response Teams during the UK COVID-19 response. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION : IJDRR 2022; 77:103101. [PMID: 35706912 PMCID: PMC9181307 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Previous research shows there are persistent challenges with multi-agency response centring on problems of communication and coordination. The Social Identity Approach provides an important psychological framework for analysing relations within and between groups which can be used to understand why challenges in multi-agency response occur, and what can be done to prevent them re-occurring in the future. To explore this issue, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 14 responders from the Police, and Fire and Rescue Services who were involved in Pandemic Multi-Agency Response Teams (PMART) during the initial months of the COVID-19. These teams responded to suspected COVID-19 deaths in the community. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. Results show that responders appeared to share the pre-existing superordinate identity of all being members of the blue-light service. This identity was made salient as a result of responders experiencing positive contact with each other. Responders also shared the situational superordinate identity of PMART which was both created, and then made salient, through positive contact with each other, as well as responders sharing difficult experiences. At the same time though, structural factors such as inequalities in building access and different shift patterns increased the salience of sub-group identities in ways that created conflict between these identities, as well as operational challenges for joint working. This research advances our understanding of multi-agency working from a social identity perspective by providing evidence of a shared social identity at an operational level of emergency response. Practical implications of this research are discussed.
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- Louise Davidson
- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
- Behavioural Science and Insights Unit, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, SP4 0JG, United Kingdom
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- Behavioural Science and Insights Unit, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, SP4 0JG, United Kingdom
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- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- Behavioural Science and Insights Unit, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, SP4 0JG, United Kingdom
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- School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia, QLD, 4072
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Deep Journalism and DeepJournal V1.0: A Data-Driven Deep Learning Approach to Discover Parameters for Transportation. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14095711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We live in a complex world characterised by complex people, complex times, and complex social, technological, economic, and ecological environments. The broad aim of our work is to investigate the use of ICT technologies for solving pressing problems in smart cities and societies. Specifically, in this paper, we introduce the concept of deep journalism, a data-driven deep learning-based approach, to discover and analyse cross-sectional multi-perspective information to enable better decision making and develop better instruments for academic, corporate, national, and international governance. We build three datasets (a newspaper, a technology magazine, and a Web of Science dataset) and discover the academic, industrial, public, governance, and political parameters for the transportation sector as a case study to introduce deep journalism and our tool, DeepJournal (Version 1.0), that implements our proposed approach. We elaborate on 89 transportation parameters and hundreds of dimensions, reviewing 400 technical, academic, and news articles. The findings related to the multi-perspective view of transportation reported in this paper show that there are many important problems that industry and academia seem to ignore. In contrast, academia produces much broader and deeper knowledge on subjects such as pollution that are not sufficiently explored in industry. Our deep journalism approach could find the gaps in information and highlight them to the public and other stakeholders.
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Capasso A, Kim S, Ali SH, Jones AM, DiClemente RJ, Tozan Y. Employment conditions as barriers to the adoption of COVID-19 mitigation measures: how the COVID-19 pandemic may be deepening health disparities among low-income earners and essential workers in the United States. BMC Public Health 2022; 22:870. [PMID: 35501740 PMCID: PMC9058755 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13259-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted economically-disadvantaged populations in the United States (US). Precarious employment conditions may contribute to these disparities by impeding workers in such conditions from adopting COVID-19 mitigation measures to reduce infection risk. This study investigated the relationship between employment and economic conditions and the adoption of COVID-19 protective behaviors among US workers during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Employing a social media advertisement campaign, an online, self-administered survey was used to collect data from 2,845 working adults in April 2020. Hierarchical generalized linear models were performed to assess the differences in engagement with recommended protective behaviors based on employment and economic conditions, while controlling for knowledge and perceived threat of COVID-19, as would be predicted by the Health Belief Model (HBM). Results Essential workers had more precarious employment and economic conditions than non-essential workers: 67% had variable income; 30% did not have paid sick leave; 42% had lost income due to COVID-19, and 15% were food insecure. The adoption of protective behaviors was high in the sample: 77% of participants avoided leaving home, and 93% increased hand hygiene. Consistent with the HBM, COVID-19 knowledge scores and perceived threat were positively associated with engaging in all protective behaviors. However, after controlling for these, essential workers were 60% and 70% less likely than non-essential workers, who by the nature of their jobs cannot stay at home, to stay at home and increase hand hygiene, respectively. Similarly, participants who could not afford to quarantine were 50% less likely to avoid leaving home (AOR: 0.5; 95% CI: 0.4, 0.6) than those who could, whereas there were no significant differences concerning hand hygiene. Conclusions Our findings are consistent with the accumulating evidence that the employment conditions of essential workers and other low-income earners are precarious, that they have experienced disproportionately higher rates of income loss during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and face significant barriers to adopting protective measures. Our findings underscore the importance and need of policy responses focusing on expanding social protection and benefits to prevent the further deepening of existing health disparities in the US. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-022-13259-w.
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- Ariadna Capasso
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, USA
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- Global and Environmental Health Program, School of Global Public Health, New York University, 708 Broadway, New York, 10003, USA.
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Stuart A, Katz D, Stevenson C, Gooch D, Harkin L, Bennasar M, Sanderson L, Liddle J, Bennaceur A, Levine M, Mehta V, Wijesundara A, Talbot C, Bandara A, Price B, Nuseibeh B. Loneliness in older people and COVID-19: Applying the social identity approach to digital intervention design. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR REPORTS 2022; 6:100179. [PMID: 35233473 PMCID: PMC8872705 DOI: 10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening loneliness for many older people through the challenges it poses in engaging with their social worlds. Digital technology has been offered as a potential aid, however, many popular digital tools have not been designed to address the needs of older adults during times of limited contact. We propose that the Social Identity Model of Identity Change (SIMIC) could be a foundation for digital loneliness interventions. While SIMIC is a well-established approach for maintaining wellbeing during life transitions, it has not been rigorously applied to digital interventions. There are known challenges to integrating psychological theory in the design of digital technology to enable efficacy, technology acceptance, and continued use. The interdisciplinary field of Human Computer Interaction has a history of drawing on models originating from psychology to improve the design of digital technology and to design technologies in an appropriate manner. Drawing on key lessons from this literature, we consolidate research and design guidelines for multidisciplinary research applying psychological theory such as SIMIC to digital social interventions for loneliness.
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- Avelie Stuart
- University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom,Corresponding author. Washington Singer Labs, University of Exeter, Perry Road, Exeter, EX4 4QG, UK
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- The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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- The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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- Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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- Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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- The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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- The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom,Lero - the Irish Software Research Centre, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Lee SY, Yuen S, Or NHK, Cheng EW, Yue RPH. Pandemic vulnerability, policy feedback and support for immigration: Evidence from Asia. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 61:1124-1143. [PMID: 35244226 PMCID: PMC9111603 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Past studies have shown that disease threat increases people's hostility towards immigrants. However, in our survey (N = 9571) conducted in five advanced Asian economies during the outbreak of COVID‐19, we found that COVID‐19 vulnerability was positively associated with support for immigration. Drawing on insight from policy feedback theories, we propose that the positive association is caused by the presence of widespread border crossing restrictions, which have changed the meaning and cost implications of COVID‐19. As the outbreak expands, the pandemic has become not just a threat to people's health but also a barrier to globalization. Consequently, people who are worried about the disease may see globalization processes, including migration, as signs of pandemic relief. We find supportive evidence in our analysis. First, the positive association between COVID‐19 vulnerability and support for immigration is more salient among respondents who considered restrictions on international travel to be stringent. Second, the positive association between COVID‐19 vulnerability and immigration attitude was mediated by perceived economic threat from the pandemic and contribution by immigrants towards the containment of the pandemic. These findings suggest that disease control measures adopted at the global level may alter certain widely accepted effects of disease threat on immigration attitudes.
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- Siu-Yau Lee
- The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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A Vector Field Approach to Estimating Environmental Exposure Using Human Activity Data. ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/ijgi11020135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Environmental exposure of people plays an important role in assessing the quality of human life. The most existing methods that estimate the environmental exposure either focus on the individual level or do not consider human mobility. This paper adopts a vector field generated from the observed locations of human activities to model the environmental exposure at the population level. An improved vector-field-generation method was developed by considering people’s decision-making factors, and we proposed two indicators, i.e., the total exposure indicator (TEI) and the average exposure indicator (AEI), to assess various social groups’ environmental exposure. A case study about the risky environmental exposure of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was conducted in Guangzhou, China. Over 900 participants with various socioeconomic backgrounds were involved in the questionnaire, and the survey-based activity locations were extracted to generate the vector field using the improved method. COVID-19 pandemic exposure (or risk) was estimated for different social groups. The findings show that people in the low-income group have an 8% to 10% higher risk than those in the high-income group. This new method of vector field may benefit geographers and urban researchers, as it provides opportunities to integrate human activities into the metrics of pandemic risk, spatial justice, and other environmental exposures.
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Karl JA, Fischer R, Druică E, Musso F, Stan A. Testing the Effectiveness of the Health Belief Model in Predicting Preventive Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Romania and Italy. Front Psychol 2022; 12:627575. [PMID: 35095628 PMCID: PMC8789680 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.627575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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We use a cultural psychology approach to examine the relevance of the Health Belief Model (HBM) for predicting a variety of behaviors that had been recommended by health officials during the initial stages of the COVID-19 lockdown for containing the spread of the virus and not overburdening the health system in Europe. Our study is grounded in the assumption that health behavior is activated based on locally relevant perceptions of threats, susceptibility and benefits in engaging in protective behavior, which requires careful attention to how these perceptions might be structured and activated. We assess the validity of the HBM in two European countries that have been relatively understudied, using simultaneous measurements during acute periods of infection in Romania and Italy. An online questionnaire provided a total of (N = 1863) valid answers from both countries. First, to understand individual difference patterns within and across populations, we fit a General Linear Model in which endorsement was predicted by behavior, country, their interaction, and a random effect for participants. Second, we assess the effect of demographics and health beliefs on prevention behaviors by fitting a multi-group path model across countries, in which each behavior was predicted by the observed health belief variables and demographics. Health beliefs showed stronger relationships with the recommended behaviors than demographics. Confirming previously reported relationships, self-efficacy, perceived severity, and perceived benefits were consistently related to the greater adoption of individual behaviors, whereas greater perceived barriers were related to lower adoption of health behaviors. However, we also point to important location specific effects that suggest that local norms shape protective behavior in highly contextualized ways.
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- Johannes Alfons Karl
- School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.,D'Or Institute for Research and Education, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centre for Applied Behavioral Economics, Department of Applied Economics and Quantitative Analysis, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Economics, Society and Politics, University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
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- Centre for Applied Behavioral Economics, Department of Applied Economics and Quantitative Analysis, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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Kung M, Zhu D. What about my opposition!? The case of rural public hearing best practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. CITIES (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2022; 120:103485. [PMID: 34873355 PMCID: PMC8636018 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The public hearing is a vital method to obtain citizen participation and information gathering for urban policy decision making. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused local planning departments around the nation to rethink their strategy, especially when many citizens are unable to use many of the new strategies because of the rural digital divide. While fully online meetings would be ideal for the current situation, the reality is that the lack of Internet and technology severely limits public participation among certain populations and in certain regions. This paper analyzed nine counties in the state of Florida, USA, in terms of population, COVID-19 cases, Internet broadband availability, and public hearing strategies, as well as survey data regarding public hearings, to produce best practices for holding a public hearing during the pandemic. A hybrid public hearing approach is the most effective method given the circumstances, and best practices and future approaches are provided and discussed to help bridge the digital divide. These resulting best practices will inform local residents, developers, planners, and decision-makers moving forward in the pandemic and ensure that the public voice can be heard with openness and transparency without compromising the applicants' and citizens' safety and health.
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- Michael Kung
- University of Florida, College of Design, Construction and Planning, 1480 Inner Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Marion County, Growth Services Department, 2710 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, FL 34470, USA
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Tekin S, Drury J. A critical discursive psychology approach to understanding how disaster victims are delegitimized by hostile Twitter posts: Racism, victim‐blaming, and forms of attack following the Grenfell Tower fire. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/casp.2596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Selin Tekin
- School of Psychology University of Sussex Brighton UK
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- School of Psychology University of Sussex Brighton UK
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Tanjitpiyanond P, Álvarez B, Jetten J, Bentley SV, Casara BGS, Crimston CR, Ionescu O, Jarukasemthawee S, Krug H, Selvanathan HP, Steffens NK, Wang Z, Wibisono S. Unlocking collective cooperation in the midst of COVID-19: The role of social support in predicting the social class disparity in cooperation. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 61:940-951. [PMID: 34927256 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We examined whether (the lack of) social support can explain why researchers have found lower rates of adherence to follow public health guidelines amongst people who perceived themselves as coming from lower social class backgrounds during the COVID-19 pandemic. To do this, we surveyed 5818 participants from 10 countries during the first wave of lock-down. Contrary to previous findings, social class was not related to general adherence to COVID-19 regulations or desire to engage in citizenship behaviours (e.g., showing initiatives to help others during the pandemic). However, we found evidence of an indirect effect whereby those who perceived themselves as higher social class were more likely to be both the recipient and provider of social support which in turn predicted greater adherence and desire to engage in citizenship behaviours during the earlier wave of the pandemic. Our findings highlight the importance of social support in unlocking potential for collective cooperation (i.e., adherence to COVID-19 rules and desire to engage in citizenship behaviours). They suggest that instead of enforcing strict regulations, government authorities need to address existing social support barriers within lower income communities to facilitate cooperation from everyone in the community.
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, Saint Denis, France
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Psychology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Faculty of Psychology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Psychology, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Trkman M, Popovič A, Trkman P. The impact of perceived crisis severity on intention to use voluntary proximity tracing applications. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2021; 61:102395. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Tekin S, Sager M, Bushey A, Deng Y, Uluğ ÖM. How do people support each other in emergencies? A qualitative exploration of altruistic and prosocial behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. ANALYSES OF SOCIAL ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICY : ASAP 2021; 21:1113-1140. [PMID: 34899076 PMCID: PMC8653327 DOI: 10.1111/asap.12277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies in the United States has compiled altruistic stories from different countries such as India, Australia, the United States, and England since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined those stories to understand (1) who receives the most support, (2) what type of support is provided, (3) who those supporters are, and (4) why people support each other during the pandemic. Conducting a qualitative content analysis of 104 altruistic stories, we first identified that (a) older individuals , (b) people with sensitive health conditions, and disabilities, (c) frontline workers, and (d) working class and marginalized communities received the primary support. Second, we identified three types of support: (a) material, (b) social/emotional, and (c) psychological. Third, we found that support was coming from (a) different organizations, (b) advantaged groups, and (c) volunteers. Last, (a) sharing a community/humanity identity, (b) allyship, and (c) showing gratitude were the reasons behind altruistic and prosocial behavior. Our findings contribute to the literature by providing some possible reasons and ways that allies have supported disadvantaged communities via sharing the available resources and how showing gratitude can be a reason for altruism and prosocial behavior in a pandemic.
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- Clark UniversityWorcesterMassachusettsUSA
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"Making Peace" with Bodies and Sexual Selves: Changes during COVID-19 among Adults in the United States. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph182111063. [PMID: 34769583 PMCID: PMC8583655 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the physical and mental health of many and has necessitated widespread societal shifts, including changes to work and family activities. These changes have impacted individuals’ identity, including their sexual self-image and body image, yet research on perceptions of these changes is missing. This study reports on quantitative and qualitative data from an electronic survey with adults in the United States (N = 326) to examine these perceptions. Body appreciation did not significantly differ between demographic groups. Themes emerging from the qualitative results included changes in general self-image (becoming more restricted or disempowered), changes in sexual self-image (deepening, becoming more sexy/sexual, or less sexy/sexual), and changes in body image (positive, negative, and neutral). Our findings point to positive, negative, and neutral effects on sexual self-image and body image, implying that nuanced approaches are needed to understand how identity has transformed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Stevenson C, Wakefield JRH, Felsner I, Drury J, Costa S. Collectively coping with coronavirus: Local community identification predicts giving support and lockdown adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [PMID: 33969899 DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/2uyw7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The role of shared identity in predicting both ingroup helping behaviour and adherence to protective norms during COVID-19 has been extensively theorized, but remains largely under-investigated. We build upon previous Social Identity research into community resilience by testing the role of pre-existing local community (or 'neighbourhood') identity as a predictor of these outcomes, via the mediator of perceived social support. Community residents in the UK completed a longitudinal online survey four months before lockdown (T1; N = 253), one month before lockdown (T2; N = 217), and two months into lockdown (T3; N = 149). The cross-lagged panel analysis shows that T1 community identification predicts T3 giving and receiving of pandemic-related support, and that these effects occur via the perception of community support at the second time point (while the alternative pathway from T1 support via T2 identification is non-significant). Moreover, we show that T1 community identification also directly predicts lockdown adherence at T3. Our findings point to the pivotal role played by community identity in effective behavioural responses to the pandemic, and the need to support and foster community development to facilitate local community resilience as the crisis continues to unfold.
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- Università Degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Montiel CJ, Uyheng J, Dela Paz E. The Language of Pandemic Leaderships: Mapping Political Rhetoric During the COVID-19 Outbreak. POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 42:747-766. [PMID: 34230725 PMCID: PMC8250800 DOI: 10.1111/pops.12753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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This article maps political rhetoric by national leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic. We identify and characterize global variations in major rhetorical storylines invoked in publicly available speeches (N = 1201) across a sample of 26 countries. Employing a text analytics or corpus linguistics approach, we show that state heads rhetorically lead their nations by: enforcing systemic interventions, upholding global unity, encouraging communal cooperation, stoking national fervor, and assuring responsive governance. Principal component analysis further shows that country-level rhetoric is organized along emergent dimensions of cultural cognition: an agency-structure axis to define the loci of pandemic interventions and a hierarchy-egalitarianism axis which distinguishes top-down enforcement from bottom-up calls for cooperation. Furthermore, we detect a striking contrast between countries featuring populist versus cosmopolitan rhetoric, which diverged in terms of their collective meaning making around leading over versus leading with, as well as their experienced pandemic severity. We conclude with implications for understanding global pandemic leadership in an unequal world and the contributions of mixed-methods approaches to a generative political psychology in times of crisis.
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- Ateneo de Manila University
- Carnegie Mellon University
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Gerber MM, Cuadrado C, Figueiredo A, Crispi F, Jiménez‐Moya G, Andrade V. Taking Care of Each Other: How Can We Increase Compliance with Personal Protective Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chile? POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 42:863-880. [PMID: 34548716 PMCID: PMC8447165 DOI: 10.1111/pops.12770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal protective measures (e.g., social distancing, handwashing, and mask wearing) have been adopted as a cornerstone to limit the spread of the disease. Yet, the effectiveness of these measures depends on people's levels of adherence. In this article, we apply social-psychological research to the study of compliance with personal protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile. We consider three possible models underlying adherence: (1) sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors, (2) instrumental factors, and (3) normative factors. We draw on data from a longitudinal nonrepresentative panel study (Study 1, n = 32,304) and a cross-sectional representative survey (Study 2, n = 1,078) to explore the impact of these different factors on personal protective measures compliance. Findings show the strongest support for the role of instrumental and normative factors, in that people who comply with protective measures report to a greater extent that relatives and friends comply too and tend to perceive high risk of COVID-19. We finish by proposing policy recommendations to promote effective strategies to contain the spread of the virus.
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McNamara N, Stevenson C, Costa S, Bowe M, Wakefield J, Kellezi B, Wilson I, Halder M, Mair E. Community identification, social support, and loneliness: The benefits of social identification for personal well-being. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 60:1379-1402. [PMID: 33942319 PMCID: PMC8518584 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Levels of loneliness across the world have reached epidemic proportions, and their impact upon population health is increasingly apparent. In response, policies and initiatives have attempted to reduce loneliness by targeting social isolation among residents of local communities. Yet, little is known about the social psychological processes underpinning the relationships between community belonging, loneliness, and well-being. We report three studies which apply the Social Identity Approach to Health to examine the mechanisms underpinning the relationships between community identity, health, and loneliness. Hypotheses were tested through secondary analyses of the 2014-2015 UK Community Life Survey (N = 4,314) as well as bespoke household surveys in a more (N = 408) and less (N = 143) affluent community at high risk of loneliness. Studies 1 and 2a demonstrated that the relationship between community identification and well-being was mediated by increased social support and reduced loneliness. In Study 2b, community identification predicted well-being through reduced loneliness, but not through social support. Our results are the first to evidence these relationships and suggest that community-level interventions that enhance community identification and peer support can promote a potential Social Cure for loneliness.
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- Department of PsychologyUniversità Degli Studi Della Campania Luigi VanvitelliNaplesItaly
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- Department of PsychologyNottingham Trent UniversityUK
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- Department of PsychologyNottingham Trent UniversityUK
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- Department of PsychologyNottingham Trent UniversityUK
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Chan H, Wang X, Zuo S, Chiu CP, Liu L, Yiu DW, Hong Y. War Against COVID-19: How Is National Identification Linked With the Adoption of Disease-Preventive Behaviors in China and the United States? POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 42:767-793. [PMID: 34226776 PMCID: PMC8242506 DOI: 10.1111/pops.12752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic requires large numbers of citizens to adopt disease-preventive practices. We contend that national identification can mobilize and motivate people to engage in preventive behaviors to protect the collective, which in return would heighten national identification further. To test these reciprocal links, we conducted studies in two countries with diverse national tactics toward curbing the pandemic: (1) a two-wave longitudinal survey in China (Study 1, N = 1200), where a national goal to fight COVID-19 was clearly set, and (2) a five-wave longitudinal survey in the United States (Study 2, N = 1001), where the national leader, President Trump, rejected the severity of COVID-19 in its early stage. Results revealed that national identification was associated with an increase in disease-preventive behaviors in both countries in general. However, higher national identification was associated with greater trust in Trump's administration among politically conservative American participants, which then was associated with slower adoption of preventive behaviors. The reciprocal effect of disease-preventive behaviors on national identification was observed only in China. Overall, our findings suggest that although national identification may serve as a protective factor in curbing the pandemic, this beneficial effect was reduced in some political contexts.
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Beijing Normal University
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Bayeh R, Yampolsky MA, Ryder AG. The Social Lives of Infectious Diseases: Why Culture Matters to COVID-19. Front Psychol 2021; 12:648086. [PMID: 34630195 PMCID: PMC8495420 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Over the course of the year 2020, the global scientific community dedicated considerable effort to understanding COVID-19. In this review, we discuss some of the findings accumulated between the onset of the pandemic and the end of 2020, and argue that although COVID-19 is clearly a biological disease tied to a specific virus, the culture-mind relation at the heart of cultural psychology is nonetheless essential to understanding the pandemic. Striking differences have been observed in terms of relative mortality, transmission rates, behavioral responses, official policies, compliance with authorities, and even the extent to which beliefs about COVID-19 have been politicized across different societies and groups. Moreover, many minority groups have very different experiences of the pandemic relative to dominant groups, notably through existing health inequities as well as discrimination and marginalization, which we believe calls for a better integration of political and socioeconomic factors into cultural psychology and into the narrative of health and illness in psychological science more broadly. Finally, individual differences in, for example, intolerance of uncertainty, optimism, conspiratorial thinking, or collectivist orientation are influenced by cultural context, with implications for behaviors that are relevant to the spread and impact of COVID-19, such as mask-wearing and social distancing. The interplay between cultural context and the experience and expression of mental disorders continues to be documented by cultural-clinical psychology; the current work extends this thinking to infectious disease, with special attention to diseases spread by social contact and fought at least in part through social interventions. We will discuss cultural influences on the transmission, course, and outcome of COVID-19 at three levels: (1) cross-society differences; (2) within-society communities and intergroup relations; and (3) individual differences shaped by cultural context. We conclude by considering potential theoretical implications of this perspective on infectious disease for cultural psychology and related disciplines, as well as practical implications of this perspective on science communication and public health interventions.
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- Rebeca Bayeh
- Culture, Health, and Personality Lab and Centre for Clinical Research in Health, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Culture, Health, and Personality Lab and Centre for Clinical Research in Health, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Culture and Mental Health Research Unit and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Pitama S, Thistlethwaite J. Diversity, inclusivity and equity. CLINICAL TEACHER 2021; 18:447-448. [PMID: 34542232 DOI: 10.1111/tct.13412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Suzanne Pitama
- Maori/Indigenous Health Institute, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Fischer R, Karl JA. Predicting Behavioral Intentions to Prevent or Mitigate COVID-19: A Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis of Attitudes, Norms, and Perceived Behavioral Control Effects. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/19485506211019844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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We examined the effectiveness of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control (PBC) of the theory of planned behavior on COVID-19 relevant behavioral intentions and behaviors. We conducted a meta-analysis of 335 effect sizes from 83 samples across 31 countries ( N = 68,592). We found strongest effects for PBC, but contrary to previous research also moderately strong effects of subjective norms. Focusing on systematic context effects: (a) norm–behavior associations at individual level were strengthened if population norms were stronger; (b) collectivism strengthened norm effects in line with cultural theories, but also attitude and PBC associations, suggesting that COVID-relevant behaviors show collective action properties; (c) in line with cultural theory, tightness–looseness strengthened normative effects on behaviors; and (d) contrary to post-modernization theory, national wealth weakened attitude and PBC associations. These analyses provide new theoretical and practical insights into behavioral dynamics during an acute public health crisis.
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- Ronald Fischer
- Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, Brazil
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Bérubé A, Clément MÈ, Lafantaisie V, LeBlanc A, Baron M, Picher G, Turgeon J, Ruiz-Casares M, Lacharité C. How societal responses to COVID-19 could contribute to child neglect. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2021; 116:104761. [PMID: 33077248 PMCID: PMC7561330 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The ecosystemic approach to children's needs demands a cohesive response from societies, communities, and families. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the choices societies made to protect their community members from the virus could have created contexts of child neglect. With the closure of services and institutions, societies were no longer available to help meet the needs of children. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to examine parents' reports on the response their children received to their needs during the COVID-19 crisis. METHODS During the period of the spring 2020 lockdown, 414 parents in the province of Quebec, Canada, completed an online questionnaire about the impact of the crisis on the response their children received to their needs. RESULTS Compared to parents of younger children, parents of older children reported less fulfillment of their child's needs in three measured domains, namely cognitive and affective, security, and basic care needs. CONCLUSION These results are discussed in light of the policies and the resources societies have put in place during the crisis to help families meet the needs of their children. Societies must learn from this crisis to put children at the top of their priorities in the face of a societal crisis. Thoughtful discussions and energy must be given to ensure that, while facing a crisis, the developmental trajectories of children are not sacrificed.
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- A Bérubé
- Université du Québec en Outaouais, 283 Boul Alexandre-Taché, Gatineau, J8X 3X7, Canada.
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- Université du Québec en Outaouais, 283 Boul Alexandre-Taché, Gatineau, J8X 3X7, Canada
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- Université du Québec en Outaouais, 283 Boul Alexandre-Taché, Gatineau, J8X 3X7, Canada
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- Université Laval, 2325 Rue de l'Université, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; VITAM Research Center on Sustainable Health, Quebec Integrated University Health and Social Services Center (CIUSSS de la Capitale Nationale), Canada
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- VITAM Research Center on Sustainable Health, Quebec Integrated University Health and Social Services Center (CIUSSS de la Capitale Nationale), Canada
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- Université Laval, 2325 Rue de l'Université, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; CERVO Research Center, Quebec Integrated University Health and Social Services Center (CIUSSS de la Capitale Nationale), Canada
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- Université du Québec en Outaouais, 283 Boul Alexandre-Taché, Gatineau, J8X 3X7, Canada
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- McGill University, 845 Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 Boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, G8Z 4M3, Canada
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Sumner RC, Kinsella EL. "It's Like a Kick in the Teeth": The Emergence of Novel Predictors of Burnout in Frontline Workers During Covid-19. Front Psychol 2021; 12:645504. [PMID: 34113288 PMCID: PMC8185026 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The context of Covid-19 has offered an unusual cultural landscape for examining how workers view their own position relative to others, and how individuals respond to prolonged exposure to workplace stress across different sectors and cultures. Through our recent work tracking the well-being of frontline workers in the UK and Ireland (the CV19 Heroes project), we have uncovered additional psychological factors that have not been accounted for in previous models of occupational stress or burnout. In recent months, frontline workers have worked to protect the community from the threat of SARS-CoV-2 and, simultaneously, have evaluated their perceptions of collective efforts of others as either congruent or incongruent with collective goals (e.g., lowered mortality and morbidity): we call this novel aspect solidarity appraisal. These frontline workers have been hailed as heroes, which we argue has led to the creation of an implicit psychological contract (the hero contract) between frontline workers and the public. Here, the heroes are willing to "go above and beyond" for the greater good, with the expectation that we (the public) do our part by adhering to public health guidelines. Where frontline workers perceive incongruence between the words and actions of others in working toward collective goals this drives negative affect and subsequent burnout. In this perspective article, we evaluate the cultural context of the pandemic in the UK and Ireland and suggest important socio-cultural factors that contribute to perceptions of solidarity, and how this may relate to burnout and worker welfare during and beyond the pandemic context.
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- Rachel C. Sumner
- Health, Environmental Responsibility & Action (HERA) Lab, School of Natural & Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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- Research on Influence, Social Networks, & Ethics (RISE) Lab, Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Issues Research, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Stevenson C, Wakefield JRH, Felsner I, Drury J, Costa S. Collectively coping with coronavirus: Local community identification predicts giving support and lockdown adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 60:1403-1418. [PMID: 33969899 PMCID: PMC8236966 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The role of shared identity in predicting both ingroup helping behaviour and adherence to protective norms during COVID-19 has been extensively theorized, but remains largely under-investigated. We build upon previous Social Identity research into community resilience by testing the role of pre-existing local community (or 'neighbourhood') identity as a predictor of these outcomes, via the mediator of perceived social support. Community residents in the UK completed a longitudinal online survey four months before lockdown (T1; N = 253), one month before lockdown (T2; N = 217), and two months into lockdown (T3; N = 149). The cross-lagged panel analysis shows that T1 community identification predicts T3 giving and receiving of pandemic-related support, and that these effects occur via the perception of community support at the second time point (while the alternative pathway from T1 support via T2 identification is non-significant). Moreover, we show that T1 community identification also directly predicts lockdown adherence at T3. Our findings point to the pivotal role played by community identity in effective behavioural responses to the pandemic, and the need to support and foster community development to facilitate local community resilience as the crisis continues to unfold.
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- Università Degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Sandbakken EM, Moss SM. “Now We Are All in the Same Boat. At the Same Time, We Are Not.” Meaning-Making and Coping Under COVID-19 Lockdown in Norway. HUMAN ARENAS 2021. [PMCID: PMC8106994 DOI: 10.1007/s42087-021-00208-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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On March 12, 2020, Norway went on lockdown to handle the COVID-19 outbreak. Near overnight, people faced a new and unfamiliar situation, with restrictive measures in place, extensive uncertainty and the closing down of much of society. The present study explores the meaning-making and coping in everyday life of 16 participants interviewed early in the pandemic. Norway, compared to many other settings in the world, is a privileged context. Nonetheless, participants struggled with this breach with their normal lives. The participants spoke of adapting to the new normal, how the concept of time had changed, how they handled socialisation, dealing with restricted freedom, and imagining the future. Actively drawing on communal coping, as well as problem-focused and emotion-focused individual coping strategies, participants’ accounts illustrate the on-going process of making meaning of their new lives under lockdown. In our discussion, we synthesise various coping processes that the participants made use of in their handling of the new situation. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic is a shared stressor, it influences people differently, and our research contributes with valuable insights into this variation. The recognition of different meaning-making and coping strategies is crucial, as it can constructively inform the development of political and social responses to the pandemic that actively encompasses the variation in individual experiences and ramifications.
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Tekin S, Drury J. Silent Walk as a street mobilization: Campaigning following the Grenfell Tower fire. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/casp.2521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Selin Tekin
- School of Psychology University of Sussex Brighton UK
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- School of Psychology University of Sussex Brighton UK
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Bowe M, Wakefield JRH, Kellezi B, Stevenson C, McNamara N, Jones BA, Sumich A, Heym N. The mental health benefits of community helping during crisis: Coordinated helping, community identification and sense of unity during the COVID-19 pandemic. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 32:521-535. [PMID: 34230792 PMCID: PMC8250747 DOI: 10.1002/casp.2520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Communities are vital sources of support during crisis, providing collective contexts for shared identity and solidarity that predict supportive, prosocial responses. The COVID‐19 pandemic has presented a global health crisis capable of exerting a heavy toll on the mental health of community members while inducing unwelcome levels of social disconnection. Simultaneously, lockdown restrictions have forced vulnerable community members to depend upon the support of fellow residents. Fortunately, voluntary helping can be beneficial to the well‐being of the helper as well as the recipient, offering beneficial collective solutions. Using insights from social identity approaches to volunteering and disaster responses, this study explored whether the opportunity to engage in helping fellow community members may be both unifying and beneficial for those engaging in coordinated community helping. Survey data collected in the UK during June 2020 showed that coordinated community helping predicted the psychological bonding of community members by building a sense of community identification and unity during the pandemic, which predicted increased well‐being and reduced depression and anxiety. Implications for the promotion and support of voluntary helping initiatives in the context of longer‐term responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic are provided. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.
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- Mhairi Bowe
- Department of Psychology Nottingham Trent University Nottingham UK
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- Department of Psychology Nottingham Trent University Nottingham UK
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- Department of Psychology Nottingham Trent University Nottingham UK
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- Department of Psychology Nottingham Trent University Nottingham UK
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- Department of Psychology Nottingham Trent University Nottingham UK
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- Department of Psychology Nottingham Trent University Nottingham UK
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Gourlay L, Rodríguez-Illera JL, Barberà E, Bali M, Gachago D, Pallitt N, Jones C, Bayne S, Hansen SB, Hrastinski S, Jaldemark J, Themelis C, Pischetola M, Dirckinck-Holmfeld L, Matthews A, Gulson KN, Lee K, Bligh B, Thibaut P, Vermeulen M, Nijland F, Vrieling-Teunter E, Scott H, Thestrup K, Gislev T, Koole M, Cutajar M, Tickner S, Rothmüller N, Bozkurt A, Fawns T, Ross J, Schnaider K, Carvalho L, Green JK, Hadžijusufović M, Hayes S, Czerniewicz L, Knox J. Networked Learning in 2021: A Community Definition. POSTDIGITAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION 2021. [PMCID: PMC7992515 DOI: 10.1007/s42438-021-00222-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- University College London Institute of Education, London, UK
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- American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
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- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Education, Mid Sweden University, Sundvall, Sweden
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- Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
- NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 1, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Sydney School of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for Educational Development, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK
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PURPOSE The outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus and subsequent COVID-19 illness has had a major impact on all levels of society internationally. The extent of the impact of COVID-19 on prison staff and prisoners in England and Wales is unknown. Testing for COVID-19 both asymptomatic and symptomatic, as well as for antibodies, to date, has been minimal. The purpose of this paper is to explore the widespread testing of COVID-19 in prisons poses philosophical and ethical questions around trust, efficacy and ethicacy. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH This paper is both descriptive, providing an overview of the widespread testing of COVID-19 in prisoners in England and Wales, and conceptual in that it discusses and argues the issues associated with large-scale testing. This paper provides a discussion, using comparative studies, of the issues associated with large-scale testing of prisoners across the prison estate in England and Wales (120 prisons). The issues identified in this paper are contextualised through the lens of COVID-19, but they are equally transferrable to epidemiological studies of any pandemic. Given the prevalence of COVID-19 globally and the lack of information about its spread in prisons, at the time of writing this paper, there is a programme of asymptomatic testing of prisoners. However, there remains a paucity of data on the spread of COVID-19 in prisons because of the progress with the ongoing testing programme. FINDINGS The authors argue that the widespread testing of prisoners requires careful consideration of the details regarding who is included in testing, how consent is gained and how tests are administered. This paper outlines and argues the importance of considering the complex nuance of power relationships within the prison system, among prisoner officers, medical staff and prisoners and the detrimental consequences. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS The widespread testing of COVID-19 presents ethical and practical challenges. Careful planning is required when considering the ethics of who should be included in COVID-19 testing, how consent will be gained, who and how tests will be administered and very practical challenges around the recording and assigning of COVID-19 test kits inside the prison. The current system for the general population requires scanning of barcodes and registration using a mobile number; these facilities are not permitted inside a prison. ORIGINALITY/VALUE This paper looks at the issues associated with mass testing of prisoners for COVID-19. According to the authors' knowledge, there has not been any research that looks at the issues of testing either in the UK or internationally. The literature available details countries' responses to the pandemic rather and scientific papers on the development of vaccines. Therefore, this paper is an original review of some of the practicalities that need to be addressed to ensure that testing can be as successful as possible.
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- Steve Lambert
- Faculty of Education and Children's Services, University of Chester, Chester, UK
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- Faculty of Education and Children's Services, University of Chester, Chester, UK
- Faculty of Social Science, University of Chester, Chester, UK
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Jones BA, Bowe M, McNamara N, Guerin E, Carter T. Exploring the mental health experiences of young trans and gender diverse people during the Covid-19 pandemic. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRANSGENDER HEALTH 2021; 24:292-304. [PMID: 37519915 PMCID: PMC10373615 DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2021.1890301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Background Both anxiety and depression have been identified as negative health outcomes associated with the distressing nature of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially among young people. Within this age demographic, trans and gender diverse people may be particularly vulnerable to pandemic-related mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and depression, due to the social challenges, gender dissonance, and poor mental health they experience. Furthermore, the social distancing measures impose several unique social and help-seeking challenges which may further contribute to the worsening of mental health. While there has been acknowledgment that vulnerable populations may be disproportionally affected by the pandemic, the experiences of trans and gender diverse youth have received very little empirical attention. Aims To explore the mental health impact of Covid-19 on the lives of young trans and gender diverse people in the UK. Method In total, 243 people took part in an online survey between May and July in 2020. Eighty-two people were removed due to providing insufficient data. The analyzed dataset therefore comprised of 161 respondents ranging from 16 to 25 years (M = 20; SD = 2.68). Participants were asked how social distancing measures had impact on their social lives, mental health and access to health services. They were also asked to complete validated measures of anxiety and depression. Results This study found that those who experienced a greater impact of the Covid-19 outbreak and its associated social distancing measures, reported poorer mental health. Lack of social support, negative interpersonal interactions, unsupportive and non-affirming living environments and the inability to access mental health support and gender-affirming interventions were all factors that were associated with poor mental health. Conclusion The findings provide specific direction for the tailoring of mental health service delivery to this population, noting the need for private, safe spaces in which young people can feel supported and have their gender identity affirmed.
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- Bethany A. Jones
- Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Liekefett L, Becker J. Compliance with governmental restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic: A matter of personal self-protection or solidarity with people in risk groups? BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 60:924-946. [PMID: 33393680 DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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During the coronavirus pandemic, governments across the globe ordered physical-distancing and hygiene restrictions to slow down the spread of COVID-19. The present work was conducted during the peak of restrictions in Germany (April/May 2020). In a convenient (N = 218) and representative sample (N = 715), we examined people's motivations to comply with these restrictions during the lockdown: Were they motivated by personal self-protection, or rather by solidarity with people in risk groups? Specifically, we investigated predictors of personal self-protection (compliance to protect the self against infection) and group-protection behaviours (compliance for reasons of solidarity in protecting people in risk groups). Results indicate that self- and group-protection result from different psychological processes: Whereas personal self-protection seems to be a form of coping with personal anxieties (epistemic and existential needs, personal threat), group protection is an intergroup phenomenon that is enabled by identification with a collective goal (common identity), the perception that society is capable of dealing with the virus (group efficacy), and concern for people in risk groups. We discuss potential implications for behavioural change in pandemics.
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Haslam SA, Steffens NK, Reicher SD, Bentley SV. Identity Leadership in a Crisis: A 5R Framework for Learning from Responses to COVID-19. SOCIAL ISSUES AND POLICY REVIEW 2021; 15:35-83. [PMID: 33821168 PMCID: PMC8013601 DOI: 10.1111/sipr.12075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest global crisis of our lifetimes, and leadership has been critical to societies' capacity to deal with it. Here effective leadership has brought people together, provided a clear perspective on what is happening and what response is needed, and mobilized the population to act in the most effective ways to bring the pandemic under control. Informed by a model of identity leadership (Haslam, Reicher & Platow, 2020), this review argues that leaders' ability to do these things is grounded in their ability to represent and advance the shared interests of group members and to create and embed a sense of shared social identity among them (a sense of "us-ness"). For leaders, then, this sense of us-ness is the key resource that they need to marshal in order to harness the support and energy of citizens. The review discusses examples of the successes and failures of different leaders during the pandemic and organizes these around five policy priorities related to the 5Rs of identity leadership: readying, reflecting, representing, realizing, and reinforcing. These priorities and associated lessons are relevant not only to the management of COVID-19 but to crisis management and leadership more generally.
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Is Teamwork Different Online Versus Face-to-Face? A Case in Engineering Education. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su122410444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Teamwork has been systematically studied in engineering education as an educational method and a learning outcome. Based on the recent advances in socially-shared regulation as a framework for teamwork processes, this study explores the impact of the transition to online learning. The purpose of this study is to understand if face-to-face and online team dynamics differ concerning the prevalence of personal goals, team challenges, and individual/social strategies. The Adaptive Instrument for Regulation of Emotions (AIRE) Questionnaire was used to compare two semesters in project-based learning engineering courses that were face-to-face (2019) and then converted to an online modality (2020) due to the COVID-19 crisis. Our results show that both modalities report mostly the same prevalence of goals, challenges, and strategies. However, online students tend to manifest a significantly lower prevalence of specific challenges and strategies, suggesting that online teamwork may have involved less group deliberation. These results provide evidence for the "equivalency theory" between online and face-to-face learning in a context where all systemic levels transitioned to a digital modality. These findings raise the question of whether online teaching encourages the emergence of team conflict and deliberation needed for creative thinking.
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