Natalia Zarzeczna, Paul H P Hanel, Bastiaan T Rutjens, Suzanna A Bono, Yi-Hua Chen, Geoffrey Haddock
We examined how different types of communication influence people's responses to health advice. We tested whether presenting COVID-19 prevention advice (e.g., washing hands/distancing) as either originating from a government or scientific source would affect people's trust in and intentions to comply with the advice. We also manipulated uncertainty in communicating the advice effectiveness. To achieve this, we conducted an experiment using large samples of participants ( N = 4,561) from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Malaysia, and Taiwan...
October 30, 2023: Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied