Arbeitspapier
Motivating social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic: An online experiment
Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic will save lives. We tested communication strategies to promote social distancing via an online experiment (N = 500) commissioned by Ireland's Department of Health. A control group saw a current informational poster. Two treatment groups saw similar posters with messages that highlighted: (i) the risk of transmission to identifiable persons vulnerable to COVID-19; (ii) the exponential nature of transmission. We then measured judgements of behaviours previously identified by focus groups as "marginal" (meaning that people were not sure whether they were advisable, such meeting others outdoors, or visiting parents). We recorded intention to undertake behaviours and stated acceptability of behaviours. Our hypotheses, that both treatments would increase participants' caution about marginal behaviours, were preregistered (i.e. lodged with an international organisation for open science before data collection). Results confirmed the hypotheses. The findings suggest that the thought of infecting vulnerable people or large numbers of people can motivate social distancing. This has implications for communications strategies. The study also demonstrates an effective way to identify outcome variables for rapid behavioural research on the COVID-19 response.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ESRI Working Paper ; No. 658
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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Coronavirus
Experiment
Kommunikation
Verhaltensökonomik
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Lunn, Pete
Timmons, Shane
Belton, Cameron A.
Barjaková, Martina
Julienne, Hannah
Lavin, Ciarán
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
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Dublin
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2020
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Lunn, Pete
- Timmons, Shane
- Belton, Cameron A.
- Barjaková, Martina
- Julienne, Hannah
- Lavin, Ciarán
- The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Entstanden
- 2020
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