
What Motivates COVID Rule Breakers?
The answer turns out to be complicated
Jocelyn J. Bélanger is an assistant professor of psychology at New York University Abu Dhabi, and co-director of the global Psychology Corona Study. For a full list of study collaborators, visit https://psycorona.org/team/.
The answer turns out to be complicated
A new global survey could help us understand why some people follow the rules for avoiding COVID-19 and others don’t...
Probably, but research shows that most people need behavioral “nudges” to do so; just the facts aren’t enough
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