Telling people to "rely on their reasoning" increases intentions to wear a face covering to slow down COVID-19 transmission

Capraro, Valerio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0579-0166 and Barcelo, Helene (2021) Telling people to "rely on their reasoning" increases intentions to wear a face covering to slow down COVID-19 transmission. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35 (3) . pp. 693-699. ISSN 0888-4080 [Article] (doi:10.1002/acp.3793)

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Abstract

Finding messaging to promote the use of face masks is fundamental during a pandemic. Study 1 (N=399) shows that telling people to “rely on their reasoning” increases intentions to wear a face mask, compared with telling them to “rely on their emotions”. In Study 2 (N=591) we add a baseline. However, the results show only a non-significant trend. Study 3 reports a well-powered replication of Study 2 (N=930). In line with Study 1, this study shows that telling people to “rely on their reasoning” increases intentions to wear a face mask, compared to telling them to “rely on their emotions”. Two internal meta-analyses show that telling people to “rely on their reasoning” increases intentions to wear a face mask compared (i) to telling them to “rely on their emotions” and (ii) to the baseline. These findings suggest interventions to promote intentions to wear a face mask.
[Abstract copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Applied Cognitive Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.]

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