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S Akter

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A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

2022

Significance\ud \ud Communicating in ways that motivate engagement in social distancing remains a critical global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study tested motivational qualities of messages about social distancing (those that promoted choice and agency vs. those that were forceful and shaming) in 25,718 people in 89 countries. The autonomy-supportive message decreased feelings of defying social distancing recommendations relative to the controlling message, and the controlling message increased controlled motivation, a less effective form of motivation, relative to no message. Message type did not impact intentions to socially distance, but people’s existing mo…

behavior changeCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)230 Affective NeuroscienceINTENTIONSL400self-determination theoryPhysical DistancingSocial SciencesIntention:Ciências Sociais::Psicologia [Domínio/Área Científica]FATIGUEmotivationPARENTAL PROHIBITIONSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingPandemicHumanshealth communicationMESSAGESSociologyPandemicsMETAANALYSISbehavior change ; motivation ; health communication ; COVID-19 ; self-determination theoryBehaviour Change and Well-beingMultidisciplinarybusiness.industrySocial distanceCOVID-19Public relationsbehavior change; motivation; health communication; COVID-19; self-determination theoryCOVID-19; behavior change; health communication; motivation; self-determination theory; Humans; Intention; COVID-19; Motivation; Pandemics; Physical Distancing/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_beingINTERNALIZATIONbusinessBEHAVIOR
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40(th) EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes : Munich, Germany, 5-9 September 2004

2004

0303 health sciencesmedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryEASDEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismHuman physiologymedicine.disease03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineDiabetes mellitusFamily medicineInternal MedicineMedicinebusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgery030304 developmental biology
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