The Social Science of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Preface Chapter 1: The Reciprocal Relationship Between Disease and Society: Historical and Modern Perspectives Monica K. Miller, Bryce Van Vleet, Hugh Shapiro Section One: Foundation of the COVID-19 Pandemic Chapter 2: How the Pandemic Changed People, Experiences, and the World Angela Spires, Monica K. Miller Chapter 3: U.S. Public Health Policy Responses to COVID-19 Susan G. Bornstein, Monica K. Miller Chapter 4: The Ethics of the COVID-19 Pandemic Jennifer L. Lanterman Chapter 5: Legal Actions and Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Pamela M. Everett Section Two: Pandemic-Related Behavior During the Pandemic Chapter 6: Confirmatory Bias, Cognitive Dissonance, and the COVID-19 Pandemic Monica K. Miller, Jean J. Cabell Chapter 7: Self-Enhancement and Counterproductive COVID-19 Behavior Ethan Zell, Constantine Sedikides Chapter 8: Reactance Theory, Freedom-Seeking, Protesting, and Other COVID-19 Behaviors Jungkeun Kim, Jooyoung Park, Ricky Y.K. Chan, Roger Marshall Chapter 9: Morality in Times of Crisis: Panic, Grandstanding, Disengagement and Outrage as Drivers of Pandemic-Related Behavior of Citizens Biljana Gjoneska Chapter 10: Temporal Discounting, Uncertainty, and COVID-19 Mattia Nese, Greta Riboli, Valentina Sassi, Gianni Brighetti, Rosita Borlimi Chapter 11: An Objectification Theory Lens for Understanding Compliance With COVID-19 Safety Measures Elvira Prusaczyk, Megan Earle, Becky Choma, Rachel Calogero Chapter 12: Could Gender-Related Norms Predict Compliance With COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors? Negative Impacts of Masculine Social Norms Mete Sefa Uysal, Emir Üzümçeker, Sara Vestergren Chapter 13: Cooperation and Acting for the Greater Good During the COVID-19 Pandemic Valerio Capraro, Paulo S. Boggio, Robert Böhm, Matjaz Perc, Hallgeir Sjåstad Chapter 14: Crafting Effective Messages to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination Paul G. Devereux, Sarah Y.T. Hartzell, Molly M. Hagen Chapter 15: Party Polarization and COVID-19 Jennifer Lin, James N. Druckman Chapter 16: How Will Collective-Level Dynamics Influence the Spread of COVID-19? Shinobu Kitayama Chapter 17: The Role of Attitude Strength in Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic Joseph J. Siev, Mengran Xu, Andrew Luttrell, Richard E. Petty Chapter 18: Trust in the Medical Profession: Reflections From the COVID-19 Pandemic A. Christine Emler, Brian H. Bornstein Chapter 19: Social Networks and COVID-19: Contagion and the Pandemic's Impact on Behavior Clayton D. Peoples, Kayla Furlano Section Three: Experiences During the Pandemic Chapter 20: The Collective Trauma and Chronic Stress of COVID-19: Risk and Resilience Dana Rose Garfin, Kayley D. Estes Chapter 21: Collective Resilience and the COVID-19 Experience Chris Cocking, Evangelos Ntontis, Sara Vestergren, Katarzyna Luzynska Chapter 22: Staying Together While Apart: How Digital Media Both Helped and Harmed Our Sense of Connection During the COVID-19 Pandemic Andrea Bayer, Sara V. White, Samuel E. Ehrenreich Chapter 23: Xenophobia, Prejudice, Stigma, and the COVID-19 Pandemic Victoria Estrada-Reynolds, Cynthia Willis-Esqueda Chapter 24: Inequality and the COVID-19 Experience Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, Victoria Estrada-Reynolds Chapter 25: Inequality in Healthcare: Theoretical Explanations for Disparities in the COVID-19 Experience Emily R. Berthelot, Susan G. Bornstein Chapter 26: How Will Couples Adapt to Stress from the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Relationship Science Perspective Paula R. Pietromonaco, Nickola Overall Chapter 27: The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Trauma Trigger: Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina Alma Jeftic, Toshiaki Sasao Chapter 28: Nostalgia and Protection of Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides Chapter 29: The Burden of Pandemic Life for Families With Young Children Jennifer A. Mortensen, Lydia DeFlorio, Melissa M. Burnham Chapter 30: Dreams in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Theoretical Perspectives on the Way the Pandemic Affects Dream Contents Jarno Tuominen, Antti Revonsuo, Katja Valli Chapter 31: Past Victimization and Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Michal Bilewicz, Maria Babinska Section Four: Outcomes after the Pandemic Chapter 32: Leadership and the COVID-19 Pandemic Yvonne Stedham, Steven Mueller Chapter 33: Terror Management and the COVID-19 Pandemic Dylan E. Horner, Alex Sielaff, Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg Chapter 34: Harnessing Moral Cognition to Save Lives Justin F. Landy, Alexander D. Perry Chapter 35: A Failure of Fear: Liabilities of Looseness During COVID-19 Michele J. Gelfand, Xinyue Pan, Alex Landry Chapter 36: Fake News and the COVID-19 Pandemic Sander van der Linden, Jon Roozenbeek Chapter 37: Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Influence People's Moral Beliefs and Behavior? Insights From Parasite-Stress Theory and Moral Foundations Theory Matthew P. West, Logan A. Yelderman Chapter 38: Looking Back on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Hindsight and Outcome Bias Hartmut Blank Chapter 39: World-Systems Analysis and the COVID-19 Pandemic: How the Structural Dynamics of the Capitalist World-Economy Exacerbate Societal Vulnerability and Undermine Collective Responses to External Shocks Michael Tyrala Chapter 40: Can COVID-19 Help Save the World? The Consequence of the Pandemic for Changes in Climate Change Mitigation at the Institutional and Individual Levels Adrian Wójcik, Marzena Cypryanska Section Five: Conducting COVID-19 Pandemic Research Chapter 41: Scattered Black and Whites: The Importance of the Positive and Negative in the Mosaic of Human Experience Elaine Kinsella, Rachel Sumner Chapter 42: On the Ethics of Social Science Research During a Pandemic Philipp Schoenegger, Theron Pummer Chapter 43: COVID-19 Related Community Sentiment Studies: Best Practices and Methodological Considerations Evan Murphy, Breanna Boppre Chapter 44: Strengthening Children and Youth Exposed to Multiple Community Stressors in Zagreb: Putting Science Into Practice Gordana Buljan Flander, Igor Miklousic, Tea Brezinscak, Ella Selak Bagaric, Vjekoslav Jelec Chapter 45: Researching Emotional Topics During Emotional Times: Reflecting on Best Practices for Management and Negotiation of Emotional Labor in Qualitative Social Research Samantha Hughes, Sarah Lemon, Natasha Stonebridge, Sam Scott Chapter 46: Selecting Personality and Individual Difference Theories to Predict COVID-19 Sentiment and Behaviors Paul G. Devereux Chapter 47: From Threats to Defenses: Theoretical and Statistical Suggestions to Investigate and Explain the Psychological Phenomena of COVID-19 Robin Willardt, Chiara A. Jutzi, Petra C. Schmid, Eva Jonas Chapter 48: Moving Past the Pandemic: Lessons Learned From Social Science Monica K. Miller