ArticleRoyal Society open science2021
The limitations of polling data in understanding public support for COVID-19 lockdown policies.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- WHO'Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Views about Euthanasia and Dementia: Exploring Perceptions Utilising Evidence from the Mass Observation Archive.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Psychological and psychosocial determinants of COVID Health Related Behaviours (COHeRe): An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
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- Neuroticism predicts national vaccination rates across 56 countries.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Understanding public support for COVID-19 pandemic mitigation measures over time: Does it wear out?Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Patterns of social mixing in England changed in line with restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic (September 2020 to April 2022).Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Has the COVID-19 pandemic strengthened confidence in managing the climate crisis? Transfer of efficacy beliefs after experiencing lockdowns in Switzerland and Austria.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The limitations of polling data in understanding public support for COVID-19 lockdown policies.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
- Exploring the awareness, attitudes, and actions (AAA) of UK adults at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
Opinion polls regarding policies designed to tackle COVID-19 have shown public support has remained high throughout the first year of the pandemic in most places around the world. However, there is a risk that headline support over-simplifies people's views. We carried out a two-wave survey with six-month interval on a public sample (
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