Social psychology and COVID-19: What the field can tell us about behavior in a pandemic.
J Soc Psychol
; 161(4): 403-407, 2021 Jul 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1324483
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in the lives of people around the world. Pandemics are powerful situations that can be examined from a social psychological lens. In this special section, four articles present data collected before and during the pandemic, providing a type of quasi-experimental design that helped examine the impact of the pandemic on social behavior. A number of findings emerged the pandemic potentially increased instances of cyberbullying; the pandemic may have increased reports that Black-White intergroup interactions are more competitive and discriminatory; the pandemic may have reduced negative attitudes and bias in domestic versus international students in the U.S; and the pandemic may have allowed feelings of helplessness to provide a fear-reducing mechanism. We expand upon these findings by discussing how social psychology can help us understand and modify behaviors related to health and social relations during major threats like a pandemic.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Psychology, Social
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Social Behavior
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Students
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COVID-19
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Interpersonal Relations
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Soc Psychol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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