Facilitating the public response to COVID-19 by harnessing group processes

国际社会都认识到，对新冠肺炎的有效回应有赖于公众的集体行动和共同利益。这在坚持预防措施方面很重要，特别是对低风险群体来说，这既是为了保护自己，也是为了保护他人。这在志愿服务和互助方面很重要，这对于通过支持和维持人们度过大流行来补充官方应对措施至关重要。它在维持社会凝聚力和避免社会混乱方面也很重要。这一多方法项目建立在对心理群体过程的理解基础上，以解决如何在流行病期间发展和维持共同的身份认同和社会团结。它围绕着三个相互关联的方面组织起来，共同解决遵守、互助和社会秩序的问题。第一个方面利用实验来研究集体认同对坚持的影响，领导在发展集体认同方面的作用，以及对其他人的积极或消极行为(例如，志愿服务与囤积)的覆盖如何影响集体认同和对预防措施的坚持。第二个方面使用访谈和调查方法来了解人们加入紧急互助小组的原因，参与对有效性和幸福感的影响，第三股使用人种学访谈来研究英国对大流行的安全和民事应急反应以及执法数据，以了解响应者的行动如何影响社区关系、坚持和社会紧张局势。

There is international recognition that effective response to Covid-19 is dependent upon the public acting collectively and for the common good. This is important in terms of adherence to preventative measures, which, especially for low-risk groups, is as much about protecting others as protecting oneself. It is important in terms of volunteering and mutual aid, which is critical in complementing the official response by supporting and sustaining people through the pandemic. It is also important in terms of maintaining social cohesion and avoiding social disorder.This multi-method project builds upon understandings of psychological group processes to address how to develop and sustain shared identity and social solidarity during pandemics. It is organised around three interrelated strands that together address the issues of adherence, mutual aid and social order.The first strand uses experiments to examine the impact of collective identification on adherence, the role of leadership in developing collective identification, and how coverage of others' positive or negative behaviours (e.g., volunteering vs. stockpiling) impacts collective identity and adherence to preventative measures.The second strand uses interview and survey methods to understand why people join emergent mutual aid groups, the effects of participation upon efficacy and well-being, and how such groups can be sustained over time.The third strand uses ethnographic interviews to examine the UK's security and civil contingency response to the pandemic and enforcement data to understand how responder actions impact upon community relations, adherence and social tensions.