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Abstract
The COVIDiSTRESS global survey collects data on early human responses to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from 173 429 respondents in 48 countries. The open science study was co-designed by an international consortium of researchers to investigate how psychological responses differ across countries and cultures, and how this has impacted behaviour, coping and trust in government efforts to slow the spread of the virus. Starting in March 2020, COVIDiSTRESS leveraged the convenience of unpaid online recruitment to generate public data. The objective of the present analysis is to understand relationships between psychological responses in the early months of global coronavirus restrictions and help understand how different government measures succeed or fail in changing public behaviour. There were variations between and within countries. Although Western Europeans registered as more concerned over COVID-19, more stressed, and having slightly more trust in the governments' efforts, there was no clear geographical pattern in compliance with behavioural measures. Detailed plots illustrating between-countries differences are provided. Using both traditional and Bayesian analyses, we found that individuals who worried about getting sick worked harder to protect themselves and others. However, concern about the coronavirus itself did not account for all of the variances in experienced stress during the early months of COVID-19 restrictions. More alarmingly, such stress was associated with less compliance. Further, those most concerned over the coronavirus trusted in government measures primarily where policies were strict. While concern over a disease is a source of mental distress, other factors including strictness of protective measures, social support and personal lockdown conditions must also be taken into consideration to fully appreciate the psychological impact of COVID-19 and to understand why some people fail to follow behavioural guidelines intended to protect themselves and others from infection. The Stage 1 manuscript associated with this submission received in-principle acceptance (IPA) on 18 May 2020. Following IPA, the accepted Stage 1 version of the manuscript was preregistered on the Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/g2t3b. This preregistration was performed prior to data analysis.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 200589 |
Journal | Royal Society Open Science |
Volume | 8 |
Issue | 2 |
Number of pages | 33 |
ISSN | 2054-5703 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2021 |
Keywords
- Samfund/samtid
- Trivsel
- behavioral measures
- behavioral sciences
- compliance
- covid-19
- open science
- psychology
- registered report
- social support
- stress
- trust
- worry
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COVIDiSTRESS global survey
Lieberoth, A. (PI) & Christensen, J. S. (Project coordinator)
10/03/2020 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research
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COVIDiSTRESS diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic
Blackburn, A., Vestergreen, S. & COVIDiSTRESS global survey II, Jun 2022, In: Scientific Data. 9, 1, 25 p., 331.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak
Yamada, Y., Ćepulić, D.-B., Coll-Martín, T., Debove, S., Gautreau, G., Han, H., Rasmussen, J., Tran, T. P., Travaglino, G. A., Lieberoth, A. & COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey Consortium, Jan 2021, In: Scientific Data. 8, 1, 23 p., 3.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition
Habersaat, K. B., Betsch, C., Danchin, M., Sunstein, C. R., Böhm, R., Falk, A., Brewer, N. T., Omer, S. B., Scherzer, M., Sah, S., Fischer, E. F., Scheel, A. E., Fancourt, D., Kitayama, S., Dubé, E., Leask, J., Dutta, M., MacDonald, N. E., Temkina, A. & Lieberoth, A. & 12 others, , Jul 2020, In: Nature Human Behavior. 4, 7, p. 677-687 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Review › Research › peer-review
Press/Media
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Vogue magazine: 6 Expert-Backed Ways to Cope With Stress
22/04/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media