The Challenge of Human Psychology to Effective Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic

When it comes to the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effectiveness of measures against the disease, many citizens worldwide do not trust their governments or health authorities. This brief essay discusses several psychological mechanisms which, under certain conditions, lead people to ignore...

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Autores principales: Houdek, Petr, Koblovský, Petr, Vranka, Marek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Social Science and Public Policy
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8090512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33967360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12115-021-00575-x
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description When it comes to the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effectiveness of measures against the disease, many citizens worldwide do not trust their governments or health authorities. This brief essay discusses several psychological mechanisms which, under certain conditions, lead people to ignore important sources of information and hinder effective management of the epidemic. The paper shows that understanding psychological mechanisms, such as information neglect, cognitive dissonance, psychological reactance, and, in general, the diversity of people’s thinking styles, may help leaders design more effective government communications.
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spelling pubmed-80905122021-05-03 The Challenge of Human Psychology to Effective Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic Houdek, Petr Koblovský, Petr Vranka, Marek Society Social Science and Public Policy When it comes to the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effectiveness of measures against the disease, many citizens worldwide do not trust their governments or health authorities. This brief essay discusses several psychological mechanisms which, under certain conditions, lead people to ignore important sources of information and hinder effective management of the epidemic. The paper shows that understanding psychological mechanisms, such as information neglect, cognitive dissonance, psychological reactance, and, in general, the diversity of people’s thinking styles, may help leaders design more effective government communications. Springer US 2021-04-30 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8090512/ /pubmed/33967360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12115-021-00575-x Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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