Mapping public health responses with attitude networks: the emergence of opinion-based groups in the UK's early COVID-19 response phase
Mapping public health responses with attitude networks: the emergence of opinion-based groups in the UK's early COVID-19 response phase
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DOI：
10.1111/bjso.12396
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发表时间：
2020-07-04
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Quayle, Michael
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作者：
Maher, Paul J.;MacCarron, Padraig;Quayle, Michael
遵守公共卫生措施的党派模式是COVID-19早期应对措施的一个特点。在许多情况下，这些行为差异与先前存在的群体身份有关。然而，在社会迅速变化的时期，可能出现新的以意见为基础的团体，并为党派认同和不同的集体行为提供新的基础。在这里，我们使用网络方法来绘制基于反对意见的团体的出现，并评估它们对公共卫生行为的影响。在一项纵向研究中，我们在四个时间点上跟踪了英国参与者的公共卫生态度和自我报告的行为。网络可视化揭示了随着时间的推移态度一致性的裂痕，以及科学中以信任或不信任为特征的两个不同群体的起源（研究1a；N = 253）。这些群体在公共卫生行为上也存在差异。在一项简短的后续研究中（N = 206），我们发现这种意见极化部分反映了潜在的社会分歧。我们讨论了对基于意见的群体研究和公共卫生运动的影响。
Partisan patterns of compliance with public health measures are a feature of early COVID-19 responses. In many cases, these differences in behaviour relate to pre-existing group identities. However, in times of rapid societal change, novel opinion-based groups can emerge and provide a new basis for partisan identification and divergent collective behaviour. Here, we use network methods to map the emergence of opposing opinion-based groups and assess their implications for public health behaviour. In a longitudinal study, we tracked public health attitudes and self-reported behaviour in a sample of UK participants over four time points. Network visualisation reveal a rift in attitudinal alignment over time and the genesis of two distinct groups characterised by trust, or distrust, in science (Study 1a;N = 253). These groups also diverge in public health behaviour. In a brief follow-up study (N = 206), we find that this opinion polarization partially reflects underlying societal divides. We discuss implications for opinion-based group research and public health campaigns.