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ArticlePloS one2021

The effect of risk framing on support for restrictive government policy regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.

Kirill Chmel, Aigul Klimova, Nikita Savin

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kirill ChmelRonald F. Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University, Moscow, Russian Federation.ORCID 0000-0002-1136-8754
Aigul KlimovaRonald F. Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Nikita SavinDepartment of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
National Research University Higher School of Economics · RU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This confirmatory research investigates the influence of risk framing of COVID-19 on support for restrictive government policy based on two web survey experiments in Russia. Using 2x2 factorial design, we estimated two main effects-factors of risk severity (low vs. high) and object at risk (individual losses vs. losses to others). First, focusing on higher risks had a positive effect on support for the government's restrictive policy. Second, focusing on the losses for others did not produce stronger support for the restrictive policy compared to focusing on personal losses. However, we found a positive moderation effect of such prosocial values as universalism and benevolence. We found that those with prosocial values had a stronger positive effect in the "losses for others" condition and were more willing to support government restrictive policy when others were included. The effects found in our experimental study reveal both positive and negative aspects in risk communication during the pandemic, which may have a great and long-term impact on trust, attitudes, and behavior.

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Health PolicySocial SupportAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCOVID-19Disease OutbreaksFemaleGovernmentHumansMaleMiddle AgedRiskRussiaSARS-CoV-2

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PMID34597334
PMCPMC8486149
OpenAlexW3203908079

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