Lalot, Fanny, Abrams, Dominic (2023) A Stranger or a Friend? Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 231 (2). pp. 149-160. ISSN 2190-8370. E-ISSN 2151-2604. (doi:10.1027/2151-2604/a000524) (KAR id:101960)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000524 |
Abstract
A growing volume of work suggests a positive impact of descriptive norms on health-protective behavior in the COVID-19 pandemic. However, past work has often been correlational and has rarely compared the effect of different group norms. In the present paper, we present the results of a longitudinal study ( N = 1,051) that addresses these gaps by testing the cross-sectional and cross-lagged effects of norms and directly compared three different norms (close circle, neighborhood, and country) on compliance with COVID-19 regulations. The results revealed a positive effect of the close-circle norm (associated with more compliant behavior both cross-sectionally and longitudinally), no effect of the neighborhood norm, and a negative effect of the national norm (associated with less compliant behavior). Compliant behavior also led to a greater close-circle norm longitudinally, suggesting that both feed into each other. We discuss not only the challenges but also the chances this research highlights for norm-based interventions.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1027/2151-2604/a000524 |
Projects: | Beyond Us and Them |
Uncontrolled keywords: | General psychology; arts and humanities (miscellaneous); compliance; COVID-19; descriptive norms; social influence; social norms |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Funders: | Nuffield Foundation (https://ror.org/0281jqk77) |
SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2023 10:18 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2024 05:42 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/101960 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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