Volumes in Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic explore research relating to the Covid-19 pandemic, and examine the role of the media, public compliance, the impact of restrictions, and behavioural interventions, to offer a broad psychological assessment of the Covid-19 crisis. Designed to show how research and theory can inform responses to future crisis, books in this series are essential reading for students and researchers in psychology, public health and medical sciences, and policy makers assessing government strategies, responses and performance.
By Barrie Gunter
March 30, 2023
Psychology of Behavioural Interventions and Pandemic Control is a unique text that examines the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to population risk factors and the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical interventions deployed by many governments around the world to bring the pandemic under control. The book ...
By Barrie Gunter
July 12, 2022
This volume examines the undesirable or harmful cognitive, emotional and behavioural side-effects of COVID-19 and of the behavioural restrictions imposed by governments on their populations during the pandemic. Societal "lockdowns" and other intervening behavioural restrictions, built ...
By Barrie Gunter
July 12, 2022
This volume places the spotlight on the role different media and communications systems played in informing the public about the pandemic, shaping their views about what was happening and contributing to behavioural compliances with pandemic-related restrictions. Throughout the pandemic,...
By Barrie Gunter
July 12, 2022
This volume examines the topic of compliance with COVID-19 restrictions, and the non-pharmaceutical measures taken by governments in attempts to bring the pandemic under control. Discovery that COVID-19 was largely transmitted through the air meant that public health strategies were needed to limit...