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In COVID-19 health messaging, loss framing increases anxiety with little-to-no concomitant benefits: Experimental evidence from 84 countries

In COVID-19 health messaging, loss framing increases anxiety with little-to-no concomitant benefits: Experimental evidence from 84 countries

Authors :
Dorison, Charles A
Lerner, Jennifer S
Heller, Blake H
Rothman, Alexander J
Kawachi, Ichiro I
Wang, Ke
Rees, Vaughan W
Gill, Brian P
Gibbs, Nancy
Ebersole, Charles R
Vally, Zahir
Tajchman, Zuzanna
Zsido, Andras N
Zrimsek, Mija
Chen, Zhang
Ziano, Ignazio
Gialitaki, Zoi
Ceary, Chris D
Lin, Yijun
Kunisato, Yoshihiko
Yamada, Yuki
Xiao, Qinyu
Jiang, Xiaoming
Du, Xinkai
Yao, Elvin
Wilson, John Paul
Cyrus-Lai, Wilson
Jimenez-Leal, William
Law, Wilbert
Collins, W Matthew
Richard, Karley L
Vranka, Marek
Ankushev, Vladislav
Schei, Vidar
Križanić, Valerija
Kadreva, Veselina Hristova
Adoric, Vera Cubela
Tran, Ulrich S
Yeung, Siu Kit
Hassan, Widad
Houston, Ralph
Lima, Tiago J S
Ostermann, Thomas
Frizzo, Thomas
Sverdrup, Therese E
House, Thea
Gill, Tripat
Fedotov, Maksim
Paltrow, Tamar
Jernsäther, Teodor
Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria
Hostler, Thomas J
Ishii, Tatsunori
Szaszi, Barnabas
Adamus, Sylwia
Suter, Lilian
Habib, Sumaiya
Studzinska, Anna
Stojanovska, Dragana
Janssen, Steve M J
Stieger, Stefan
Schulenberg, Stefan E
Tatachari, Srinivasan
Azouaghe, Soufian
Sorokowski, Piotr
Sorokowska, Agnieszka
Song, Xin
Lewis, Savannah C
Sinkolova, Sladjana
Grigoryev, Dmitry
Drexler, Shira Meir
Daches, Shimrit
Geniole, Shawn N
Vračar, Selena
Massoni, Sébastien
Zorjan, Saša
Sarıoğuz, Eylül
Izquierdo, Sara Morales
Alves, Sara G
Pöntinen, Sara
Solas, Sara Álvarez
Ordoñez-Riaño, Santiago
Očovaj, Sanja Batić
Onie, Sandersan
Lins, Samuel
Çoksan, Sami
Sacakli, Asli
Ruiz-Fernández, Susana
Geiger, Sandra J
FatahModares, Saeideh
Walczak, Radoslaw B
Betlehem, Ruben
Vilar, Roosevelt
Cárcamo, Rodrigo
Ross, Robert M
McCarthy, Randy
Ballantyne, Tonia
Westgate, Erin C
Afhami, Reza
Ren, Dongning
Monteiro, Renan P
Reips, Ulf-Dietrich
Reggev, Niv
Calin-Jageman, Robert J
Pourafshari, Razieh
Oliveira, Raquel
Nedelcheva-Datsova, Mina
Rahal, Rima-Maria
Ribeiro, Rafael R
Radtke, Theda
Searston, Rachel
Habte, Redeate
Zdybek, Przemysław
Chen, Sau-Chin
Maturan, Princess Lovella G
Perillo, Jennifer T
Isager, Peder Mortvedt
Kačmár, Pavol
Macapagal, Paulo Manuel
Szwed, Paulina
Hanel, Paul H P
Forbes, Paul A G
Arriaga, Patrícia
Paris, Bastien
Papachristopoulos, Konstantinos
Correa, Pablo Sebastián
Kácha, Ondřej
Bernardo, Márcia
Campos, Olatz
Bravo, Olalla Niño
Galindo-Caballero, Oscar J
Ogbonnaya, Chisom Esther
Bialobrzeska, Olga
Kiselnikova, Natalia
Simonovic, Nicolle
Cohen, Noga
Nock, Nora L
Johannes, Niklas
Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan
Say, Nicolas
Torunsky, Nathan
Van Doren, Natalia
Sunami, Naoyuki
Rachev, Nikolay R
Majeed, Nadyanna M
Schmidt, Nadya-Daniela
Nadif, Khaoula
Corral-Frías, Nadia S
Ouherrou, Nihal
Pantazi, Myrto
Lucas, Marc Y
Vasilev, Martin R
Ortiz, María Victoria
Butt, Muhammad Mussaffa
Kabir, Muhib
Muda, Rafał
Tejada Rivera, Maria Del Carmen Mc
Sirota, Miroslav
Seehuus, Martin
Parzuchowski, Michal
Toro, Mónica
Hricova, Monika
Maldonado, Mónica Alarcón
Marszalek, Magdalena
Karekla, Maria
Mioni, Giovanna
Bosma, Minke Jasmijn
Westerlund, Minja
Vdovic, Milica
Bialek, Michal
Silan, Miguel A
Anne, Michele
Misiak, Michal
Grinberg, Maurice
Capizzi, Mariagrazia
Espinoza Barría, Mauricio F
Kurfali, Merve A
Mensink, Michael C
Harutyunyan, Mikayel
Khosla, Meetu
Korbmacher, Max
Adamkovič, Matúš
Ribeiro, Matheus Fernando Felix
Terskova, Maria
Hruška, Matej
Martončik, Marcel
Voracek, Martin
Čadek, Martin
Frías-Armenta, Martha
Kowal, Marta
Topor, Marta
Roczniewska, Marta
Oosterlinck, Marlies
Kohlová, Markéta Braun
Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola
Romanova, Marina
Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta
Lund, Maria Louise
Antoniadi, Maria
Jones, Marc V
Ortiz, Manuel S
Manavalan, Mathi
Muminov, Abdumalik
Kossowska, Małgorzata
Friedemann, Maja
Wielgus, Magdalena
Varella, Marco A C
Colloff, Melissa F
Bradford, Maria
Vaughn, Leigh Ann
Eudave, Luis
Vieira, Luc
Pineda, Lina Maria Sanabria
Pérez, Laura Calderón
Lazarevic, Ljiljana B
Jaremka, Lisa M
Kushnir, Elizaveta
Anton-Boicuk, Lisa
de Holanda Coelho, Gabriel Lins
Ahlgren, Lina
Levitan, Carmel A
Micheli, Leticia
Volz, Leonhard
Stojanovska, Marija
Boucher, Leanne
Samojlenko, Lara
Delgado, Lady Grey Javela
Kaliska, Lada
Warmelink, Lara
Rojas-Berscia, Luis Miguel
Yu, Karen
Wachowicz, Jakub
Desai, Kermeka
Barzykowski, Krystian
Kozma, Luca
Evans, Kortnee
Kirgizova, Komila
Agesin, Bamikole Emmanuel
Koehn, Monica A
Wolfe, Kelly
Korobova, Tatiana
Klevjer, Kristoffer
van Schie, Kevin
Vezirian, Kevin
Damnjanović, Kaja
Thommesen, Katrine Krabbe
Schmidt, Kathleen
Filip, Katarzyna
Grzech, Karolina
Hoyer, Karlijn
Moon, Karis
Rana, Kafeel
Janjić, Kristina
Suchow, Jordan W
Kielińska, Julita
Cruz Vásquez, Julio E
Beitner, Julia
Vargas-Nieto, Juan Camilo
Roxas, Jose Carlos T
Taber, Jennifer
Urriago-Rayo, Joan
Pavlacic, Jeffrey M
Bavolar, Jozef
Soto, José A
Olofsson, Jonas K
Vilsmeier, Johannes K
Messerschmidt, Johanna
Czamanski-Cohen, Johanna
Boudesseul, Jordane
Lee, Jeong Min
Kamburidis, Julia
Zickfeld, Janis
Miranda, Jacob F
Verharen, Jeroen P H
Hristova, Evgeniya
Beshears, Julie E
Đorđević, Jasna Milošević
Bosch, Jasmijn
Valentova, Jaroslava Varella
Antfolk, Jan
Berkessel, Jana B
Schrötter, Jana
Urban, Jan
Röer, Jan Philipp
Norton, James O
Silva, Jaime R
Pickering, Jade S
Vintr, Jáchym
Uttley, Jim
Kunst, Jonas R
Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L G
Iyer, Aishwarya
Vilares, Iris
Ivanov, Aleksandr
Ropovik, Ivan
Sula, Isabela
Sarieva, Irena
Metin-Orta, Irem
Prusova, Irina
Pinto, Isabel
Bozdoc, Andreea Ioana
Almeida, Inês A T
Pit, Ilse L
Dalgar, Ilker
Zakharov, Ilya
Arinze, Azuka Ikechukwu
Ihaya, Keiko
Stephen, Ian D
Gjoneska, Biljana
Brohmer, Hilmar
Flowe, Heather
Godbersen, Hendrik
Hedgebeth, Mattie V
Kocalar, Halil Emre
Chuan-Peng, Hu
Sharifian, MohammadHasan
Manley, Harry
Akkas, Handan
Hajdu, Nandor
Azab, Habiba
Kaminski, Gwenael
Nilsonne, Gustav
Anjum, Gulnaz
Travaglino, Giovanni A
Feldman, Gilad
Pfuhl, Gerit
Czarnek, Gabriela
Marcu, Gabriela Mariana
Hofer, Gabriela
Banik, Gabriel
Adetula, Gabriel Agboola
Bijlstra, Gijsbert
Verbruggen, Frederick
Kung, Franki Y H
Foroni, Francesco
Singer, Gage
Muchembled, Fany
Azevedo, Flavio
Mosannenzadeh, Farnaz
Marinov, Evelina
Štrukelj, Eva
Etebari, Zahra
Baskin, Ernest
Garcia, Elkin Oswaldo Luis
Musser, Erica
van Steenkiste, I M M
Ahn, El Rim
Pronizius, Ekaterina
Jackson, Emily A
Manunta, Efisio
Agadullina, Elena
Šakan, Dušana
Dursun, Pinar
Dujols, Olivier
Dubrov, Dmitrii
Willis, Megan
Tümer, Murat
Beaudry, Jennifer L
Popović, Dora
Dunleavy, Daniel
Djamai, Ikhlas
Krupić, Dino
Vega, Diego
Du, Hongfei
Mola, Débora
Davis, William E
Holford, Dawn Liu
Lewis, David M G
Vaidis, David C
Ozery, Daphna Hausman
Ricaurte, Danilo Zambrano
Storage, Daniel
Sousa, Daniela
Alvarez, Daniela Serrato
Rosa, Anna Dalla
Krupić, Dajana
Marko, Dafne
Moreau, David
Reeck, Crystal
Correia, Rita C
Whitt, Cassie M
Lamm, Claus
Solorzano, Claudio Singh
von Bastian, Claudia C
Sutherland, Clare Am
Overkott, Clara
Aberson, Christopher L
Wang, Chunhui
Karashiali, Christiana
Noone, Chris
Chiu, Faith
Picciocchi, Chiara
Karaarslan, Cemre
Cellini, Nicola
Esteban-Serna, Celia
Reyna, Cecilia
Batres, Carlota
Li, Ranran
Grano, Caterina
Carpentier, Joelle
Tamnes, Christian K
Fu, Cynthia H Y
Ishkhanyan, Byurakn
Bylinina, Lisa
Jaeger, Bastian
Bundt, Carsten
Allred, Tara Bulut
Bokkour, Ahmed
Bogatyreva, Natalia
Chopik, William J
Antazo, Benedict
Behzadnia, Behzad
Becker, Maja
Cocco, Beatrice
Chou, Wei-Lun
Hubena, Barbora
Žuro, Barbara
Aczel, Balazs
Baklanova, Ekaterina
Bai, Hui
Balci, Busra Bahar
Babinčák, Peter
Dixson, Barnaby James Wyld
Mokady, Aviv
Kappes, Heather Barry
Atari, Mohammad
Szala, Anna
Szabelska, Anna
Aruta, John Jamir Benzon
Domurat, Artur
Arinze, Nwadiogo Chisom
Modena, Arianna
Adiguzel, Arca
Monajem, Arash
Arabi, Kanza Ait El
Özdoğru, Asil Ali
Olaya Torres, Adriana Julieth
Theodoropoulou, Andriana
Jurković, Anita Penić
Kassianos, Angelos P
Findor, Andrej
Hartanto, Andree
Thibault Landry, Anais
Ferreira, Ana
Santos, Anabela Caetano
De la Rosa-Gomez, Anabel
Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Amélie
Todsen, Anna Louise
Karababa, Alper
Janak, Allison
Bran, Alexandre
Tullett, Alexa M
Kuzminska, Anna O
Krafnick, Anthony J
Urooj, Anum
Khaoudi, Ahmed
Ahmed, Afroja
Groyecka-Bernard, Agata
Askelund, Adrian Dahl
Adetula, Adeyemi
Belaus, Anabel
Charyate, Abdelilah Ca
Wichman, Aaron L
Stoyanova, Alina
Greenburgh, Anna
Thomas, Andrew G
Arvanitis, Alexios
Forscher, Patrick S
Mallik, Peter R
Primbs, Maximilian A
Miller, Jeremy K
Moshontz, Hannah
Urry, Heather L
IJzerman, Hans
Basnight-Brown, Dana M
Chartier, Christopher R
Buchanan, Erin M
Coles, Nicholas A
Dorison, Charles A
Lerner, Jennifer S
Heller, Blake H
Rothman, Alexander J
Kawachi, Ichiro I
Wang, Ke
Rees, Vaughan W
Gill, Brian P
Gibbs, Nancy
Ebersole, Charles R
Vally, Zahir
Tajchman, Zuzanna
Zsido, Andras N
Zrimsek, Mija
Chen, Zhang
Ziano, Ignazio
Gialitaki, Zoi
Ceary, Chris D
Lin, Yijun
Kunisato, Yoshihiko
Yamada, Yuki
Xiao, Qinyu
Jiang, Xiaoming
Du, Xinkai
Yao, Elvin
Wilson, John Paul
Cyrus-Lai, Wilson
Jimenez-Leal, William
Law, Wilbert
Collins, W Matthew
Richard, Karley L
Vranka, Marek
Ankushev, Vladislav
Schei, Vidar
Križanić, Valerija
Kadreva, Veselina Hristova
Adoric, Vera Cubela
Tran, Ulrich S
Yeung, Siu Kit
Hassan, Widad
Houston, Ralph
Lima, Tiago J S
Ostermann, Thomas
Frizzo, Thomas
Sverdrup, Therese E
House, Thea
Gill, Tripat
Fedotov, Maksim
Paltrow, Tamar
Jernsäther, Teodor
Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria
Hostler, Thomas J
Ishii, Tatsunori
Szaszi, Barnabas
Adamus, Sylwia
Suter, Lilian
Habib, Sumaiya
Studzinska, Anna
Stojanovska, Dragana
Janssen, Steve M J
Stieger, Stefan
Schulenberg, Stefan E
Tatachari, Srinivasan
Azouaghe, Soufian
Sorokowski, Piotr
Sorokowska, Agnieszka
Song, Xin
Lewis, Savannah C
Sinkolova, Sladjana
Grigoryev, Dmitry
Drexler, Shira Meir
Daches, Shimrit
Geniole, Shawn N
Vračar, Selena
Massoni, Sébastien
Zorjan, Saša
Sarıoğuz, Eylül
Izquierdo, Sara Morales
Alves, Sara G
Pöntinen, Sara
Solas, Sara Álvarez
Ordoñez-Riaño, Santiago
Očovaj, Sanja Batić
Onie, Sandersan
Lins, Samuel
Çoksan, Sami
Sacakli, Asli
Ruiz-Fernández, Susana
Geiger, Sandra J
FatahModares, Saeideh
Walczak, Radoslaw B
Betlehem, Ruben
Vilar, Roosevelt
Cárcamo, Rodrigo
Ross, Robert M
McCarthy, Randy
Ballantyne, Tonia
Westgate, Erin C
Afhami, Reza
Ren, Dongning
Monteiro, Renan P
Reips, Ulf-Dietrich
Reggev, Niv
Calin-Jageman, Robert J
Pourafshari, Razieh
Oliveira, Raquel
Nedelcheva-Datsova, Mina
Rahal, Rima-Maria
Ribeiro, Rafael R
Radtke, Theda
Searston, Rachel
Habte, Redeate
Zdybek, Przemysław
Chen, Sau-Chin
Maturan, Princess Lovella G
Perillo, Jennifer T
Isager, Peder Mortvedt
Kačmár, Pavol
Macapagal, Paulo Manuel
Szwed, Paulina
Hanel, Paul H P
Forbes, Paul A G
Arriaga, Patrícia
Paris, Bastien
Papachristopoulos, Konstantinos
Correa, Pablo Sebastián
Kácha, Ondřej
Bernardo, Márcia
Campos, Olatz
Bravo, Olalla Niño
Galindo-Caballero, Oscar J
Ogbonnaya, Chisom Esther
Bialobrzeska, Olga
Kiselnikova, Natalia
Simonovic, Nicolle
Cohen, Noga
Nock, Nora L
Johannes, Niklas
Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan
Say, Nicolas
Torunsky, Nathan
Van Doren, Natalia
Sunami, Naoyuki
Rachev, Nikolay R
Majeed, Nadyanna M
Schmidt, Nadya-Daniela
Nadif, Khaoula
Corral-Frías, Nadia S
Ouherrou, Nihal
Pantazi, Myrto
Lucas, Marc Y
Vasilev, Martin R
Ortiz, María Victoria
Butt, Muhammad Mussaffa
Kabir, Muhib
Muda, Rafał
Tejada Rivera, Maria Del Carmen Mc
Sirota, Miroslav
Seehuus, Martin
Parzuchowski, Michal
Toro, Mónica
Hricova, Monika
Maldonado, Mónica Alarcón
Marszalek, Magdalena
Karekla, Maria
Mioni, Giovanna
Bosma, Minke Jasmijn
Westerlund, Minja
Vdovic, Milica
Bialek, Michal
Silan, Miguel A
Anne, Michele
Misiak, Michal
Grinberg, Maurice
Capizzi, Mariagrazia
Espinoza Barría, Mauricio F
Kurfali, Merve A
Mensink, Michael C
Harutyunyan, Mikayel
Khosla, Meetu
Korbmacher, Max
Adamkovič, Matúš
Ribeiro, Matheus Fernando Felix
Terskova, Maria
Hruška, Matej
Martončik, Marcel
Voracek, Martin
Čadek, Martin
Frías-Armenta, Martha
Kowal, Marta
Topor, Marta
Roczniewska, Marta
Oosterlinck, Marlies
Kohlová, Markéta Braun
Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola
Romanova, Marina
Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta
Lund, Maria Louise
Antoniadi, Maria
Jones, Marc V
Ortiz, Manuel S
Manavalan, Mathi
Muminov, Abdumalik
Kossowska, Małgorzata
Friedemann, Maja
Wielgus, Magdalena
Varella, Marco A C
Colloff, Melissa F
Bradford, Maria
Vaughn, Leigh Ann
Eudave, Luis
Vieira, Luc
Pineda, Lina Maria Sanabria
Pérez, Laura Calderón
Lazarevic, Ljiljana B
Jaremka, Lisa M
Kushnir, Elizaveta
Anton-Boicuk, Lisa
de Holanda Coelho, Gabriel Lins
Ahlgren, Lina
Levitan, Carmel A
Micheli, Leticia
Volz, Leonhard
Stojanovska, Marija
Boucher, Leanne
Samojlenko, Lara
Delgado, Lady Grey Javela
Kaliska, Lada
Warmelink, Lara
Rojas-Berscia, Luis Miguel
Yu, Karen
Wachowicz, Jakub
Desai, Kermeka
Barzykowski, Krystian
Kozma, Luca
Evans, Kortnee
Kirgizova, Komila
Agesin, Bamikole Emmanuel
Koehn, Monica A
Wolfe, Kelly
Korobova, Tatiana
Klevjer, Kristoffer
van Schie, Kevin
Vezirian, Kevin
Damnjanović, Kaja
Thommesen, Katrine Krabbe
Schmidt, Kathleen
Filip, Katarzyna
Grzech, Karolina
Hoyer, Karlijn
Moon, Karis
Rana, Kafeel
Janjić, Kristina
Suchow, Jordan W
Kielińska, Julita
Cruz Vásquez, Julio E
Beitner, Julia
Vargas-Nieto, Juan Camilo
Roxas, Jose Carlos T
Taber, Jennifer
Urriago-Rayo, Joan
Pavlacic, Jeffrey M
Bavolar, Jozef
Soto, José A
Olofsson, Jonas K
Vilsmeier, Johannes K
Messerschmidt, Johanna
Czamanski-Cohen, Johanna
Boudesseul, Jordane
Lee, Jeong Min
Kamburidis, Julia
Zickfeld, Janis
Miranda, Jacob F
Verharen, Jeroen P H
Hristova, Evgeniya
Beshears, Julie E
Đorđević, Jasna Milošević
Bosch, Jasmijn
Valentova, Jaroslava Varella
Antfolk, Jan
Berkessel, Jana B
Schrötter, Jana
Urban, Jan
Röer, Jan Philipp
Norton, James O
Silva, Jaime R
Pickering, Jade S
Vintr, Jáchym
Uttley, Jim
Kunst, Jonas R
Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L G
Iyer, Aishwarya
Vilares, Iris
Ivanov, Aleksandr
Ropovik, Ivan
Sula, Isabela
Sarieva, Irena
Metin-Orta, Irem
Prusova, Irina
Pinto, Isabel
Bozdoc, Andreea Ioana
Almeida, Inês A T
Pit, Ilse L
Dalgar, Ilker
Zakharov, Ilya
Arinze, Azuka Ikechukwu
Ihaya, Keiko
Stephen, Ian D
Gjoneska, Biljana
Brohmer, Hilmar
Flowe, Heather
Godbersen, Hendrik
Hedgebeth, Mattie V
Kocalar, Halil Emre
Chuan-Peng, Hu
Sharifian, MohammadHasan
Manley, Harry
Akkas, Handan
Hajdu, Nandor
Azab, Habiba
Kaminski, Gwenael
Nilsonne, Gustav
Anjum, Gulnaz
Travaglino, Giovanni A
Feldman, Gilad
Pfuhl, Gerit
Czarnek, Gabriela
Marcu, Gabriela Mariana
Hofer, Gabriela
Banik, Gabriel
Adetula, Gabriel Agboola
Bijlstra, Gijsbert
Verbruggen, Frederick
Kung, Franki Y H
Foroni, Francesco
Singer, Gage
Muchembled, Fany
Azevedo, Flavio
Mosannenzadeh, Farnaz
Marinov, Evelina
Štrukelj, Eva
Etebari, Zahra
Baskin, Ernest
Garcia, Elkin Oswaldo Luis
Musser, Erica
van Steenkiste, I M M
Ahn, El Rim
Pronizius, Ekaterina
Jackson, Emily A
Manunta, Efisio
Agadullina, Elena
Šakan, Dušana
Dursun, Pinar
Dujols, Olivier
Dubrov, Dmitrii
Willis, Megan
Tümer, Murat
Beaudry, Jennifer L
Popović, Dora
Dunleavy, Daniel
Djamai, Ikhlas
Krupić, Dino
Vega, Diego
Du, Hongfei
Mola, Débora
Davis, William E
Holford, Dawn Liu
Lewis, David M G
Vaidis, David C
Ozery, Daphna Hausman
Ricaurte, Danilo Zambrano
Storage, Daniel
Sousa, Daniela
Alvarez, Daniela Serrato
Rosa, Anna Dalla
Krupić, Dajana
Marko, Dafne
Moreau, David
Reeck, Crystal
Correia, Rita C
Whitt, Cassie M
Lamm, Claus
Solorzano, Claudio Singh
von Bastian, Claudia C
Sutherland, Clare Am
Overkott, Clara
Aberson, Christopher L
Wang, Chunhui
Karashiali, Christiana
Noone, Chris
Chiu, Faith
Picciocchi, Chiara
Karaarslan, Cemre
Cellini, Nicola
Esteban-Serna, Celia
Reyna, Cecilia
Batres, Carlota
Li, Ranran
Grano, Caterina
Carpentier, Joelle
Tamnes, Christian K
Fu, Cynthia H Y
Ishkhanyan, Byurakn
Bylinina, Lisa
Jaeger, Bastian
Bundt, Carsten
Allred, Tara Bulut
Bokkour, Ahmed
Bogatyreva, Natalia
Chopik, William J
Antazo, Benedict
Behzadnia, Behzad
Becker, Maja
Cocco, Beatrice
Chou, Wei-Lun
Hubena, Barbora
Žuro, Barbara
Aczel, Balazs
Baklanova, Ekaterina
Bai, Hui
Balci, Busra Bahar
Babinčák, Peter
Dixson, Barnaby James Wyld
Mokady, Aviv
Kappes, Heather Barry
Atari, Mohammad
Szala, Anna
Szabelska, Anna
Aruta, John Jamir Benzon
Domurat, Artur
Arinze, Nwadiogo Chisom
Modena, Arianna
Adiguzel, Arca
Monajem, Arash
Arabi, Kanza Ait El
Özdoğru, Asil Ali
Olaya Torres, Adriana Julieth
Theodoropoulou, Andriana
Jurković, Anita Penić
Kassianos, Angelos P
Findor, Andrej
Hartanto, Andree
Thibault Landry, Anais
Ferreira, Ana
Santos, Anabela Caetano
De la Rosa-Gomez, Anabel
Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Amélie
Todsen, Anna Louise
Karababa, Alper
Janak, Allison
Bran, Alexandre
Tullett, Alexa M
Kuzminska, Anna O
Krafnick, Anthony J
Urooj, Anum
Khaoudi, Ahmed
Ahmed, Afroja
Groyecka-Bernard, Agata
Askelund, Adrian Dahl
Adetula, Adeyemi
Belaus, Anabel
Charyate, Abdelilah Ca
Wichman, Aaron L
Stoyanova, Alina
Greenburgh, Anna
Thomas, Andrew G
Arvanitis, Alexios
Forscher, Patrick S
Mallik, Peter R
Primbs, Maximilian A
Miller, Jeremy K
Moshontz, Hannah
Urry, Heather L
IJzerman, Hans
Basnight-Brown, Dana M
Chartier, Christopher R
Buchanan, Erin M
Coles, Nicholas A
Source :
Affective Science vol.2022 (2022) nr.3 p.577-602 [ISSN 2662-2041]
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic (and its aftermath) highlights a critical need to communicate health information effectively to the global public. Given that subtle differences in information framing can have meaningful effects on behavior, behavioral science research highlights a pressing question: Is it more effective to frame COVID-19 health messages in terms of potential losses (e.g., "If you do not practice these steps, you can endanger yourself and others") or potential gains (e.g., "If you practice these steps, you can protect yourself and others")? Collecting data in 48 languages from 15,929 participants in 84 countries, we experimentally tested the effects of message framing on COVID-19-related judgments, intentions, and feelings. Loss- (vs. gain-) framed messages increased self-reported anxiety among participants cross-nationally with little-to-no impact on policy attitudes, behavioral intentions, or information seeking relevant to pandemic risks. These results were consistent across 84 countries, three variations of the message framing wording, and 560 data processing and analytic choices. Thus, results provide an empirical answer to a global communication question and highlight the emotional toll of loss-framed messages. Critically, this work demonstrates the importance of considering unintended affective consequences when evaluating nudge-style interventions.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Journal :
Affective Science vol.2022 (2022) nr.3 p.577-602 [ISSN 2662-2041]
Notes :
DOI: 10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3, Affective Science vol.2022 (2022) nr.3 p.577-602 [ISSN 2662-2041], English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1351545079
Document Type :
Electronic Resource