Partisanship Unmasked? The Role of Politics and Social Norms in COVID-19 Mask-Wearing Behavior
Partisanship Unmasked? The Role of Politics and Social Norms in COVID-19 Mask-Wearing Behavior
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DOI：
10.1017/xps.2022.20
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发表时间：
2022-09
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
John M. Carey;B. Nyhan;Joseph B. Phillips;Jason Reifler
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作者：
John M. Carey;B. Nyhan;Joseph B. Phillips;Jason Reifler
公共卫生官员在努力推广戴口罩以对抗COVID-19传播方面遇到了阻力。促进行为改变的一种方法是提醒人们注意一种行为是常见的（描述性规范）。然而，在流行病缓解行为方面的党派差异意味着美国人可能对有关行为规范的信息特别敏感，这取决于所讨论的群体的党派关系。在2020年7月至8月，我们测试了向受访者提供关于有多少美国人，共同党派或非党派人士定期佩戴口罩的信息对佩戴口罩的意图和口罩的有效性的影响。了解到大多数美国人报告说经常戴口罩会增加戴口罩的意图和感知的有效性，尽管这些信息的影响与其他治疗方法没有区别。
Abstract Public health officials have faced resistance in their efforts to promote mask-wearing to counter the spread of COVID-19. One approach to promoting behavior change is to alert people to the fact that a behavior is common (a descriptive norm). However, partisan differences in pandemic mitigation behavior mean that Americans may be especially (in)sensitive to information about behavioral norms depending on the party affiliation of the group in question. In July–August 2020, we tested the effects of providing information to respondents about how many Americans, co-partisans, or out-partisans report wearing masks regularly on both mask-wearing intentions and on the perceived effectiveness of masks. Learning that a majority of Americans report wearing masks regularly increases mask-wearing intentions and perceived effectiveness, though the effects of this information are not distinguishable from other treatments.