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Dangerous liaisons: an online experiment on the role of scientific experts and politicians in ensuring public support for anti-COVID measures
Lund university, Sweden.
University of Milan, Italy.
University of Milan, Italy.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Studies. (DISA;CSS)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2837-0137
2021 (English)In: Royal Society Open Science, E-ISSN 2054-5703, Vol. 8, no 3, p. 1-20, article id 201310Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Abstract [en]

The effectiveness of public health measures to prevent COVID-19 contagion has required less vulnerable citizens to pay an individual cost in terms of personal liberty infringement to protect more vulnerable groups. However, the close relationship between scientific experts and politicians in providing information on COVID-19 measures makes it difficult to understand which communication source was more effective in increasing pro-social behaviour. Here, we present an online experiment performed in May 2020, during the first wave of the pandemic on 1131 adult residents in Lombardy, Italy, one of the world's hardest hit regions. Results showed that when scientific experts recommended anti-contagion measures, participants were more sensitive to pro-social motivations, unlike whenever these measures were recommended by politicians and scientific experts together. Our findings suggest the importance of trusted sources in public communication during a pandemic.

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The Royal Society publishing , 2021. Vol. 8, no 3, p. 1-20, article id 201310
Keywords [en]
COVID-19, experiment, compliance, anti-contagion measures, Lombardy, Italy
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Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
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Social Sciences, Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-101558DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201310ISI: 000627841300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85104844586Local ID: 2021OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-101558DiVA, id: diva2:1536146
Available from: 2021-03-10 Created: 2021-03-10 Last updated: 2022-05-24Bibliographically approved

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