| Title: |
In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No Concomitant Benefits: Experimental Evidence from 84 Countries |
| Authors: |
Dorison, Charles, A; Lerner, Jennifer, S; Heller, Blake, H; Rothman, Alexander, J; Kawachi, Ichiro, I; Wang, Ke; Rees, Vaughan, W; Gill, Brian, P; Gibbs, Nancy; Ebersole, Charles, R; Vally, Zahir; Tajchman, Zuzanna; Zsido, Andras, N; Zrimsek, Mija; Chen, Zhang; Ziano, Ignazio; Gialitaki, Zoi; Ceary, Chris, D; Lin, Yijun; Kunisato, Yoshihiko; Yamada, Yuki; Xiao, Qinyu; Jiang, Xiaoming; Du, Xinkai; Yao, Elvin; Wilson, John, Paul; Cyrus-Lai, Wilson; Jimenez-Leal, William; Law, Wilbert; Collins, W, Matthew; Richard, Karley, L; Vranka, Marek; Ankushev, Vladislav; Schei, Vidar; Križanić, Valerija; Kadreva, Veselina, Hristova; Adoric, Vera, Cubela; Tran, Ulrich, S; Yeung, Siu, Kit; Hassan, Widad; Houston, Ralph; Lima, Tiago, J S; Ostermann, Thomas; Frizzo, Thomas; Sverdrup, Therese, E; House, Thea; Gill, Tripat; Fedotov, Maksim; Paltrow, Tamar; Jernsäther, Teodor; Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria; Hostler, Thomas, J; Ishii, Tatsunori; Szaszi, Barnabas; Adamus, Sylwia; Suter, Lilian; Habib, Sumaiya; Studzinska, Anna; Stojanovska, Dragana; Janssen, Steve, M J; Stieger, Stefan; Schulenberg, Stefan, E; Tatachari, Srinivasan; Azouaghe, Soufian; Sorokowski, Piotr; Sorokowska, Agnieszka; Song, Xin; Lewis, Savannah, C; Sinkolova, Sladjana; Grigoryev, Dmitry; Drexler, Shira, Meir; Daches, Shimrit; Geniole, Shawn, N; Vračar, Selena; Massoni, Sébastien; Zorjan, Saša; Sarıoğuz, Eylül; Izquierdo, Sara, Morales; Alves, Sara, G; Pöntinen, Sara; Solas, Sara, Álvarez; Ordoñez-Riaño, Santiago; Očovaj, Sanja, Batić; Onie, Sandersan; Lins, Samuel; Çoksan, Sami; Sacakli, Asli; Ruiz-Fernández, Susana; Geiger, Sandra, J; Fatahmodares, Saeideh; Walczak, Radoslaw, B; Betlehem, Ruben; Vilar, Roosevelt; Cárcamo, Rodrigo; Ross, Robert, M; Mccarthy, Randy; Ballantyne, Tonia; Westgate, Erin, C; Afhami, Reza; Ren, Dongning; Monteiro, Renan, P; Reips, Ulf-Dietrich; Reggev, Niv; Calin-Jageman, Robert, J; Pourafshari, Razieh; Oliveira, Raquel; Nedelcheva-Datsova, Mina; Rahal, Rima-Maria; Ribeiro, Rafael, R; Radtke, Theda; Searston, Rachel; Habte, Redeate; Zdybek, Przemysław; Chen, Sau-Chin; Maturan, Princess, Lovella G; Perillo, Jennifer, T; Isager, Peder, Mortvedt; Kačmár, Pavol; Macapagal, Paulo, Manuel; Szwed, Paulina; Hanel, Paul, H P; Forbes, Paul, a G; Arriaga, Patrícia; Paris, Bastien; Papachristopoulos, Konstantinos; Correa, Pablo, Sebastián; Kácha, Ondřej; Bernardo, Márcia; Campos, Olatz; Bravo, Olalla, Niño; Galindo-Caballero, Oscar, J; Ogbonnaya, Chisom, Esther; Bialobrzeska, Olga; Kiselnikova, Natalia; Simonovic, Nicolle; Cohen, Noga; Nock, Nora, L; Johannes, Niklas; Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan; Say, Nicolas; Torunsky, Nathan; van Doren, Natalia; Sunami, Naoyuki; Rachev, Nikolay, R; Majeed, Nadyanna, M; Schmidt, Nadya-Daniela; Nadif, Khaoula; Corral-Frías, Nadia, S; Ouherrou, Nihal; Pantazi, Myrto; Lucas, Marc, Y; Vasilev, Martin, R; Ortiz, María, Victoria; Butt, Muhammad, Mussaffa; Kabir, Muhib; Muda, Rafał; Tejada Rivera, Maria, del Carmen Mc; Sirota, Miroslav; Seehuus, Martin; Parzuchowski, Michal; Toro, Mónica; Hricova, Monika; Maldonado, Mónica, Alarcón; Marszalek, Magdalena; Karekla, Maria; Mioni, Giovanna; Bosma, Minke, Jasmijn; Westerlund, Minja; Vdovic, Milica; Bialek, Michal; Silan, Miguel, A; Anne, Michele; Misiak, Michal; Grinberg, Maurice; Capizzi, Mariagrazia; Espinoza Barría, Mauricio, F; Kurfali, Merve, A; Mensink, Michael, C; Harutyunyan, Mikayel; Khosla, Meetu; Korbmacher, Max; Adamkovič, Matúš; Ribeiro, Matheus, Fernando Felix; Terskova, Maria; Hruška, Matej; Martončik, Marcel; Voracek, Martin; Čadek, Martin; Frías-Armenta, Martha; Kowal, Marta; Topor, Marta; Roczniewska, Marta; Oosterlinck, Marlies; Kohlová, Markéta, Braun; Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola; Romanova, Marina; Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta; Lund, Maria, Louise; Antoniadi, Maria; Jones, Marc, V; Ortiz, Manuel, S; Manavalan, Mathi; Muminov, Abdumalik; Kossowska, Małgorzata; Friedemann, Maja; Wielgus, Magdalena; Varella, Marco, a C; Colloff, Melissa, F; Bradford, Maria; Vaughn, Leigh, Ann; Eudave, Luis; Vieira, Luc; Pineda, Lina, Maria Sanabria; Pérez, Laura, Calderón; Lazarevic, Ljiljana, B; Jaremka, Lisa, M; Kushnir, Elizaveta; Anton-Boicuk, Lisa; de Holanda Coelho, Gabriel, Lins; Ahlgren, Lina; Levitan, Carmel, A; Micheli, Leticia; Volz, Leonhard; Stojanovska, Marija; Boucher, Leanne; Samojlenko, Lara; Delgado, Lady, Grey Javela; Kaliska, Lada; Warmelink, Lara; Rojas-Berscia, Luis, Miguel; Yu, Karen; Wachowicz, Jakub; Desai, Kermeka; Barzykowski, Krystian; Kozma, Luca; Evans, Kortnee; Kirgizova, Komila; Agesin, Bamikole, Emmanuel; Koehn, Monica, A; Wolfe, Kelly; Korobova, Tatiana; Klevjer, Kristoffer; van Schie, Kevin; Vezirian, Kevin; Damnjanović, Kaja; Thommesen, Katrine, Krabbe; Schmidt, Kathleen; Filip, Katarzyna; Grzech, Karolina; Hoyer, Karlijn; Moon, Karis; Rana, Kafeel; Janjić, Kristina; Suchow, Jordan, W; Kielińska, Julita; Cruz Vásquez, Julio, E; Beitner, Julia; Vargas-Nieto, Juan, Camilo; Roxas, Jose, Carlos T; Taber, Jennifer; Urriago-Rayo, Joan; Pavlacic, Jeffrey, M; Bavolar, Jozef; Soto, José, A; Olofsson, Jonas, K; Vilsmeier, Johannes, K; Messerschmidt, Johanna; Czamanski-Cohen, Johanna; Boudesseul, Jordane; Lee, Jeong, Min; Kamburidis, Julia; Zickfeld, Janis; Miranda, Jacob, F; Verharen, Jeroen, P H; Hristova, Evgeniya; Beshears, Julie, E; Đorđević, Jasna, Milošević; Bosch, Jasmijn; Valentova, Jaroslava, Varella; Antfolk, Jan; Berkessel, Jana, B; Schrötter, Jana; Urban, Jan; Röer, Jan, Philipp; Norton, James, O; Silva, Jaime, R; Pickering, Jade, S; Vintr, Jáchym; Uttley, Jim; Kunst, Jonas, R; Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu, L G; Iyer, Aishwarya; Vilares, Iris; Ivanov, Aleksandr; Ropovik, Ivan; Sula, Isabela; Sarieva, Irena; Metin-Orta, Irem; Prusova, Irina; Pinto, Isabel; Bozdoc, Andreea, Ioana; Almeida, Inês, a T; Pit, Ilse, L; Dalgar, Ilker; Zakharov, Ilya; Arinze, Azuka, Ikechukwu; Ihaya, Keiko; Stephen, Ian, D; Gjoneska, Biljana; Brohmer, Hilmar; Flowe, Heather; Godbersen, Hendrik; Kocalar, Halil, Emre; Hedgebeth, Mattie, V; Chuan-Peng, Hu; Sharifian, Mohammadhasan; Manley, Harry; Akkas, Handan; Hajdu, Nandor; Azab, Habiba; Kaminski, Gwenael; Nilsonne, Gustav; Anjum, Gulnaz; Travaglino, Giovanni, A; Feldman, Gilad; Pfuhl, Gerit; Czarnek, Gabriela; Marcu, Gabriela, Mariana; Hofer, Gabriela; Banik, Gabriel; Adetula, Gabriel, Agboola; Bijlstra, Gijsbert; Verbruggen, Frederick; Kung, Franki, y H; Foroni, Francesco; Singer, Gage; Muchembled, Fany; Azevedo, Flavio; Mosannenzadeh, Farnaz; Marinov, Evelina; Štrukelj, Eva; Etebari, Zahra; Baskin, Ernest; Garcia, Elkin, Oswaldo Luis; Musser, Erica; van Steenkiste, I, M M; Ahn, El, Rim; Pronizius, Ekaterina; Jackson, Emily, A; Manunta, Efisio; Agadullina, Elena; Šakan, Dušana; Dursun, Pinar; Dujols, Olivier; Dubrov, Dmitrii; Willis, Megan; Tümer, Murat; Beaudry, Jennifer, L; Popović, Dora; Dunleavy, Daniel; Djamai, Ikhlas; Krupić, Dino; Vega, Diego; Du, Hongfei; Mola, Débora; Davis, William, E; Holford, Dawn, Liu; Lewis, David, M G; Vaidis, David, C; Ozery, Daphna, Hausman; Ricaurte, Danilo, Zambrano; Storage, Daniel; Sousa, Daniela; Alvarez, Daniela, Serrato; Rosa, Anna, Dalla; Krupić, Dajana; Marko, Dafne; Moreau, David; Reeck, Crystal; Correia, Rita, C; Whitt, Cassie, M; Lamm, Claus; Solorzano, Claudio, Singh; von Bastian, Claudia, C; Sutherland, Clare, Am; Overkott, Clara; Aberson, Christopher, L; Wang, Chunhui; Karashiali, Christiana; Noone, Chris; Chiu, Faith; Picciocchi, Chiara; Karaarslan, Cemre; Cellini, Nicola; Esteban-Serna, Celia; Reyna, Cecilia; Batres, Carlota; Li, Ranran; Grano, Caterina; Carpentier, Joelle; Tamnes, Christian, K; Fu, Cynthia, H Y; Ishkhanyan, Byurakn; Bylinina, Lisa; Jaeger, Bastian; Bundt, Carsten; Allred, Tara, Bulut; Bokkour, Ahmed; Bogatyreva, Natalia; Chopik, William, J; Antazo, Benedict; Behzadnia, Behzad; Becker, Maja; Cocco, Beatrice; Chou, Wei-Lun; Hubena, Barbora; Žuro, Barbara; Aczel, Balazs; Baklanova, Ekaterina; Bai, Hui; Balci, Busra, Bahar; Babinčák, Peter; Dixson, Barnaby, James Wyld; Mokady, Aviv; Kappes, Heather, Barry; Atari, Mohammad; Szala, Anna; Szabelska, Anna; Aruta, John, Jamir Benzon; Domurat, Artur; Arinze, Nwadiogo, Chisom; Modena, Arianna; Adiguzel, Arca; Monajem, Arash; Arabi, Kanza, Ait El; Özdoğru, Asil, Ali; Olaya Torres, Adriana, Julieth; Theodoropoulou, Andriana; Jurković, Anita, Penić; Kassianos, Angelos, P; Findor, Andrej; Hartanto, Andree; Thibault Landry, Anais; Ferreira, Ana; Santos, Anabela, Caetano; de la Rosa-Gomez, Anabel; Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Amélie; Todsen, Anna, Louise; Karababa, Alper; Janak, Allison; Bran, Alexandre; Tullett, Alexa, M; Kuzminska, Anna, O; Krafnick, Anthony, J; Urooj, Anum; Khaoudi, Ahmed; Ahmed, Afroja; Groyecka-Bernard, Agata; Askelund, Adrian, Dahl; Adetula, Adeyemi; Belaus, Anabel; Charyate, Abdelilah, Ca; Wichman, Aaron, L; Stoyanova, Alina; Greenburgh, Anna; Thomas, Andrew, G; Arvanitis, Alexios; Forscher, Patrick, S; Mallik, Peter, R; Primbs, Maximilian, A; Miller, Jeremy, K; Moshontz, Hannah; Urry, Heather, L; Ijzerman, Hans; Basnight-Brown, Dana, M; Chartier, Christopher, R; Buchanan, Erin, M; Coles, Nicholas, A |
| Contributors: |
Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA); AgroParisTech-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE); Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie : Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social (LIP-PC2S); Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA); Cognition, langues, langage, ergonomie (CLLE); École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne (UBM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Toulouse Mind & Brain Institut (TMBI); Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse) |
| Source: |
ISSN: 2662-2041. |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD; Springer |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier: HAL-UPS |
| Subject Terms: |
Anxiety; Nudges; COVID-19; Message framing; [SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology; [SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology |
| Description: |
International audience ; The COVID-19 pandemic (and its aftermath) highlights a critical need to communicate health information effectively to the global public. Given that subtle differences in information framing can have meaningful effects on behavior, behavioral science research highlights a pressing question: Is it more effective to frame COVID-19 health messages in terms of potential losses (e.g., "If you do not practice these steps, you can endanger yourself and others") or potential gains (e.g., "If you practice these steps, you can protect yourself and others")? Collecting data in 48 languages from 15,929 participants in 84 countries, we experimentally tested the effects of message framing on COVID-19-related judgments, intentions, and feelings. Loss-(vs. gain-) framed messages increased self-reported anxiety among participants cross-nationally with little-to-no impact on policy attitudes, behavioral intentions, or information seeking relevant to pandemic risks. These results were consistent across 84 countries, three variations of the message framing wording, and 560 data processing and analytic choices. Thus, results provide an empirical answer to a global communication question and highlight the emotional toll of loss-framed messages. Critically, this work demonstrates the importance of considering unintended affective consequences when evaluating nudge-style interventions. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISBN: |
978-0-01-045480-2; 0-01-045480-2 |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/36185503; PUBMED: 36185503; WOS: 001045480200006 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3 |
| Availability: |
https://hal.science/hal-03846900; https://hal.science/hal-03846900v1/document; https://hal.science/hal-03846900v1/file/PSACR001_Manuscript_20220526_preprint.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3 |
| Rights: |
https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.376FC81A |
| Database: |
BASE |