PROJECTS
Psychological Impact of COVID-19
Examine the psychological impacts of the pandemic, explore effective interventions to mitigate the negative effects, and strategies to effectively communicate information to promote health
YEARS: 2019-2022
Some of the projects that resulted in publications emerging from this particular interest during a time that affected us all. It represents a collaborative endeavor involving students at various academic levels (undergraduates, master's, PhD students, and post-docs) and international colleagues from over 84 countries.
GOALS:
These projects encompass a range of topics, from examining the psychological impacts of the pandemic, exploring effective interventions to mitigate the negative effects, and strategies to effectively communicate information to promote health.
Through these publications, our goal was to enhance the broader understanding of how such unprecedented global challenges can impact mental health and well-being and to identify effective response strategies. Additionally, I had the opportunity to coordinate an editorial on this topic addressing the role of mass media during the pandemic. These studies received some funding from the Centre for Research and Social Intervention (CIS-ISCTE), supported by funds from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
The video below, produced by the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard Kennedy School), showcases one of the cross-cultural studies that explored brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was developed with a group of researchers from the Psychological Science Accelerator. Watch the video to see the collective results gathered from researchers from more than 80 countries. Also read the article.
RESEARCH STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS INVOLVED:
Anabela Caetano Santos, Raquel Oliveira, Rafael Ribeiro, Marta Madeira, Nuno Piçarra
NETWORK OF RESEARCHERS / GROUPS
Psychological Science Accelerator
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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Editorial: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): The Impact and Role of Mass Media During the Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.729238
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The impact of writing about gratitude on the intention to engage in prosocial behaviors during the COVID-19 outbreak. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.588691
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A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (8), 1089–1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x
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A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 119 (22), e2111091119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111091119
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In COVID-19 health messaging, loss framing increases anxiety with little-to-no concomitant benefits: Experimental evidence from 84 countries. Affective Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3
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COVID-19 vaccine skeptics are persuaded by pro-vaccine expert consensus messaging. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000467
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Predictors of health-protective and prosocial behaviors during the Covid-19 pandemic: The role of social support and resilience. Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941221123777
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Contextual factors predicting compliance behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: A machine learning analysis on survey data from 16 countries. PloS ONE, 17(11): e0276970. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276970
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Insights into accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change. Nature Human Behavior, 7, 484–501. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01517-1
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The Psychological Science Accelerator's COVID-19 Rapid-Response Dataset. Scientific Data. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01811-7