Emergence of protests during the COVID-19 pandemic: quantitative models to explore the contributions of societal conditions

Zwet, Koen van der; Barros, Ana Isabel; Engers, Tom van; Sloot, P.M.A.

doi:10.1057/s41599-022-01082-y

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“…This is also consistent with our finding that the Resistant group may not have been motivated by external pressures or work requirements to get a vaccine dose since they were highly motivated to keep their individual freedom, while the Hesitant group, who were not as high on reactance, were the most likely to get a dose for these external reasons. It is notable that, as the pandemic progressed, the freedom movement grew in Australia, with increasingly large, and in some cases violent, public demonstrations [ 97 ].…”

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The Psychology of COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy, Acceptance and Resistance in Australia

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COVID-19 booster vaccinations have been recommended as a primary line of defence against serious illness and hospitalisation. This study identifies and characterises distinct profiles of attitudes towards vaccination, particularly the willingness to get a booster dose. A sample of 582 adults from Australia completed an online survey capturing COVID-related behaviours, beliefs and attitudes and a range of sociodemographic, psychological, political, social and cultural variables. Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) identified three subgroups: Acceptant (61%), Hesitant (30%) and Resistant (9%). Compared to the Acceptant group, the Hesitant and Resistant groups were less worried about catching COVID-19, used fewer official COVID-19 information sources, checked the news less, were lower on the agreeableness personality dimension and reported more conservatism, persecutory thinking, amoral attitudes and need for chaos. The Hesitant group also reported checking the legitimacy of information sources less, scored lower on the openness to new experiences personality dimension and were more likely than the Resistant and Acceptant groups to report regaining freedoms (e.g., travel) and work requirements or external pressures as reasons to get a booster. The Resistant group were higher on reactance, held more conspiratorial beliefs and rated their culture as being less tolerant of deviance than the Hesitant and Acceptant groups. This research can inform tailored approaches to increasing booster uptake and optimal strategies for public health messaging.

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The Psychology of COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy, Acceptance and Resistance in Australia

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“…Regarding the pandemic and political stability and protests, in the first year of the pandemic, there were over 25 “significant protest movements” directly connected to COVID-19 around the world (van der Zwet et al, 2022). The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Global Protest Tracker indicated that over 100 countries (of which nearly 80% were authoritarian) endured major protests (U.S.…”

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The effects of COVID-19 on domestic and international security in democratic and authoritarian regimes

Topping,

Hosny,

Hunter

et al. 2023

Polit. life sci.

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While numerous studies have examined how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected health care systems, supply chains, and economies, we do not understand how the pandemic has impacted the security of democratic and authoritarian states from a global standpoint. Thus, this study examines how COVID-19 has affected the security of democratic and authoritarian regimes. In conducting a historical, qualitative review of the security effects of the pandemic, we find that COVID-19 significantly affected domestic and international security for democratic and authoritarian states in both similar and varied ways. Additionally, the manner in which states responded to the pandemic was often conditioned by their regime type and by the nature of the governing leadership during the pandemic. These findings have important implications in considering how COVID-19 affected the security of democratic and authoritarian states, how regime type shapes government responses to infectious disease outbreaks, and how democratic and authoritarian states may respond to future pandemics.

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“…As polarization can be observed in many countries, 13,22 Study 4 investigated the relation between biased estimates of the pandemic and post-pandemic evaluations on a more global scale. We also wanted to explore correlates that might indicate societal tension.…”

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Historical narratives about the COVID-19 pandemic are motivationally biased

Sprengholz,

Henkel,

Böhm

et al. 2023

Nature

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How people recall the SARS-CoV2 pandemic is likely to prove crucial in future societal debates on pandemic preparedness and appropriate political action. Beyond simple forgetting, previous research suggests that recall may be distorted by strong motivations and anchoring perceptions on the current situation. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Here, based on four studies across 11 countries (total N = 10,776), we show that recall of perceived risk, trust in institutions and protective behaviours depended strongly on current evaluations. While both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals were affected by this bias, people who identified strongly with their vaccination status-whether vaccinated or unvaccinated-tended to exhibit greater and, importantly, opposite distortions of recall. Biased recall was not reduced by providing information about common recall errors or small monetary incentives for accurate recall, but partially by high incentives. Thus, it seems that motivation and identity influence the direction in which the recall of the past is distorted. Biased recall was further related to the evaluation of past political action and future behavioural intent, including adhering to regulations during a future pandemic or punishing politicians and scientists. Taken together, the findings indicate that historical narratives about the COVID-19 pandemic are motivationally biased, sustain societal polarization and affect preparation for future pandemics. Consequently, future measures must look beyond immediate public health implications to the longer-term consequences for societal cohesion and trust.

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Emergence of protests during the COVID-19 pandemic: quantitative models to explore the contributions of societal conditions

Cited by 20 publications

References 41 publications

The Psychology of COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy, Acceptance and Resistance in Australia

The Psychology of COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy, Acceptance and Resistance in Australia

The effects of COVID-19 on domestic and international security in democratic and authoritarian regimes

Historical narratives about the COVID-19 pandemic are motivationally biased

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