ArticlePersonality and individual differences2021
Emotional responses to prosocial messages increase willingness to self-isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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111 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prosocial Interventions and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
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- "Let's get back to normal": emotions mediate the effects of persuasive messages on willingness to vaccinate for COVID-19.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Are Fear Campaigns Effective for Increasing Adherence to COVID-Related Mitigation Measures?International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Trial
- Nudges for COVID-19 voluntary vaccination: How to explain peer information?Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Trial
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- The Role of Fear, Hope, Message Fatigue, and Message Shocking Value in Promoting the Public's Understanding and Support Toward COVID-19 Wastewater Monitoring: Experimental Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Gun-Related Beliefs as Predictors of Gun Policy Support: Findings from the Nationally Representative GRIP Survey.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults accessing specialist psychiatric care: A cross-sectional Canadian analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Motivational effectiveness of prosocial public health messaging to reduce respiratory infection risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Hidden misinformation in YouTube short videos on syphilis: A mixed-methods study.PEC innovation · 2025Article
- Mediating effects of positive self-beliefs, social emotions, and worry on childhood socioeconomic status and prosocial and antisocial rule-breaking.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Brain and Behavior in Persuasion: The Role of Affective-Cognitive Matching.Psychophysiology · 2025Article
- Prosociality and public support for tobacco control policies among South Korean adults: A cross-sectional study.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- A global survey on the associations between the lockdown group, free memory recall and emotional responses during the COVID-19 lockdown.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The role of interdependent self-construal in mitigating the effect of conspiratorial beliefs on vaccine acceptance.The British journal of social psychology · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing Behaviors to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 Among Indigenous Families in the Southwest, United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- Resilience and Social Support Improve Mental Health and Quality of Life in Patients with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic may be one of the greatest modern societal challenges that requires widespread collective action and cooperation. While a handful of actions can help reduce pathogen transmission, one critical behavior is to self-isolate. Public health messages often use persuasive language to change attitudes and behaviors, which can evoke a wide range of negative and positive emotional responses. In a U.S. representative sample (
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