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Polit Psychol. 2021 Jul 07; doi: 10.1111/pops.12772. Epub 2021 Jul 07.

United We Stand, Divided We Fall: Sociopolitical Predictors of Physical Distancing and Hand Hygiene During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Political psychology

Diana Cárdenas, Nima Orazani, Mark Stevens, Tegan Cruwys, Michael Platow, Michael Zekulin, Katherine J Reynolds

Affiliations

  1. Australian National University.

PMID: 34548715 PMCID: PMC8447036 DOI: 10.1111/pops.12772

Abstract

Most health models emphasize individual factors in predicting health behavior. However, in the context of COVID-19 where the immediate response to stopping the spread of the virus requires collective efforts and change, other sociopolitical factors need to be considered. Prior research points to health behaviors being impacted by neighborhood and national social relations, social identification, confidence in government and political orientation. This research, though, is generally piecemeal (or specific), tends to be cross-sectional, and is usually not oriented to pandemics. These issues are addressed in the current research. A two-wave study with a representative sample of Australians (

© 2021 International Society of Political Psychology.

Keywords: COVID‐19; confidence in government; health models; political orientation; social cohesion; social identification

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