A brief forewarning intervention overcomes negative effects of salient changes in COVID-19 guidance
During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health guidance (e.g., regarding the use of non-medical masks) changed over time. Although many revisions were a result of gains in scientific understanding, we nonetheless hypothesized that making changes in guidance salient would negatively affect evaluations o...
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oai:doaj.org-article:128222dd7c114b78b3031a55fdcbe49e2021-11-29T22:45:19ZA brief forewarning intervention overcomes negative effects of salient changes in COVID-19 guidance1930-2975https://doaj.org/article/128222dd7c114b78b3031a55fdcbe49e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journal.sjdm.org/21/210819a/jdm210819a.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1930-2975During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health guidance (e.g., regarding the use of non-medical masks) changed over time. Although many revisions were a result of gains in scientific understanding, we nonetheless hypothesized that making changes in guidance salient would negatively affect evaluations of experts and health-protective intentions. In Study 1 (N = 300), we demonstrate that describing COVID-19 guidance in terms of inconsistency (versus consistency) leads people to perceive scientists and public health authorities less favorably (e.g., as less expert). For participants in Canada (N = 190), though not the U.S. (N = 110), making guidance change salient also reduced intentions to download a contact tracing app. In Study 2 (N = 1399), we show that a brief forewarning intervention mitigates detrimental effects of changes in guidance. In the absence of forewarning, emphasizing inconsistency harmed judgments of public health authorities and reduced health-protective intentions, but forewarning eliminated this effect.Jeremy D. GrettonEthan A. MeyersAlexander C. WalkerJonathan A. FugelsangDerek J. KoehlerSociety for Judgment and Decision Makingarticlecovid-19 forewarning health communication science communication trustnakeywordsSocial SciencesHPsychologyBF1-990ENJudgment and Decision Making, Vol 16, Iss 6, Pp 1549-1574 (2021) |
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During the COVID-19
pandemic, public health guidance (e.g., regarding the use of non-medical masks)
changed over time. Although many revisions were a result of gains in scientific
understanding, we nonetheless hypothesized that making changes in guidance
salient would negatively affect evaluations of experts and health-protective
intentions. In Study 1 (N = 300), we demonstrate that describing COVID-19
guidance in terms of inconsistency (versus consistency) leads people to
perceive scientists and public health authorities less favorably (e.g., as less
expert). For participants in Canada (N = 190), though not the U.S. (N = 110),
making guidance change salient also reduced intentions to download a contact
tracing app. In Study 2 (N = 1399), we show that a brief forewarning
intervention mitigates detrimental effects of changes in guidance. In the
absence of forewarning, emphasizing inconsistency harmed judgments of public
health authorities and reduced health-protective intentions, but forewarning
eliminated this effect. |
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Jeremy D. Gretton Ethan A. Meyers Alexander C. Walker Jonathan A. Fugelsang Derek J. Koehler |
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Jeremy D. Gretton Ethan A. Meyers Alexander C. Walker Jonathan A. Fugelsang Derek J. Koehler |
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A brief forewarning
intervention overcomes negative effects of salient changes in COVID-19
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A brief forewarning
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Society for Judgment and Decision Making |
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2021 |
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