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

Bavel, Jay J. Van ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2520-0442, Baicker, Katherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5960-3058, Boggio, Paulo S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6109-0447, Capraro, Valerio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0579-0166, Cichocka, Aleksandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1703-1586, Cikara, Mina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6612-4474, Crockett, Molly J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8800-410X, Crum, Alia J., Douglas, Karen M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0381-6924, Druckman, James N., Drury, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7748-5128, Dube, Oeindrila, Ellemers, Naomi, Finkel, Eli J., Fowler, James H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7795-1638, Gelfand, Michele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9780-9230, Han, Shihui ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3350-5104, Haslam, S. Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9523-7921, Jetten, Jolanda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7588-5355, Kitayama, Shinobu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-7936, Mobbs, Dean ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1175-3772, Napper, Lucy E., Packer, Dominic J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8420-6548, Pennycook, Gordon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-6143, Peters, Ellen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0702-6169, Petty, Richard E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2870-8575, Rand, David G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8975-2783, Reicher, Stephen D., Schnall, Simone ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4672-7534, Shariff, Azim, Skitka, Linda J., Smith, Sandra Susan, Sunstein, Cass R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4194-3008, Tabri, Nassim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7085-9350, Tucker, Joshua A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1321-8650, van der Linden, Sander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0269-1744, van Lange, Paul, Weeden, Kim A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9975-8457, Wohl, Michael J. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6945-5562, Zaki, Jamil, Zion, Sean R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0802-2066 and Willer, Robb ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3404-6472 (2020) Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. Nature Human Behaviour, 4 (5) . pp. 460-471. ISSN 2397-3374 [Article] (doi:10.1038/s41562-020-0884-z)

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on individuals, insights from the social and behavioural sciences can be used to help align human behavior with the recommendations of epidemiologists and public health experts. Here we review experimental and correlational data from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping. In each section, we note the nature and quality of prior research, including uncertainty and unsettled issues. We identify several insights for effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and also highlight important gaps researchers should move quickly to fill in the coming weeks and months.

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