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