Authors
Nicole Legate, Thuy-vy Ngyuen, Netta Weinstein, Arlen Moller, Lisa Legault, Zahir Vally, Zuzanna Tajchman, Andras N Zsido, Miha Zrimsek, Zhang Chen, Ignazio Ziano, Zoi Gialitaki, Chris D Ceary, Yuna Jang, Yijun Lin, Yoshihiko Kunisato, Yuki Yamada, Qinyu Xiao, Xiaoming Jiang, Xinkai Du, Elvin Yao, William S Ryan, John Paul Wilson, Wilson Cyrus-Lai, William Jimenez-Leal, Wilbert Law, Wenceslao Unanue, W Matthew Collins, Karley L Richard, Marek Vranka, Vladislav Ankushev, Vidar Schei, Chloe DePaola, Veronika Lerche, Vanja Kovic, Valerija Križanić, Veselina Hristova Kadreva, Vera Cubela Adoric, Ulrich S Tran, Siu Kit Yeung, Widad Hassan, Ralph Houston, Michael A Machin, Tiago JS Lima, Thomas Ostermann, Thomas Frizzo, Therese E Sverdrup, Thea House, Tripat Gill, Maksim Fedotov, Tamar Paltrow, Teodor Jernsäther, Tasnim Rahman, Tanya Machin, Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Thomas J Hostler, Tatsunori Ishii, Barnabas Szaszi, Sylwia Adamus, Lilian Suter, Suparpit M von Bormann, Sumaiya Habib, Anna Studzinska, Dragana Stojanovska, Steve MJ Janssen, Stefan Stieger, Stefan E Schulenberg, Srinivasan Tatachari, Soufian Azouaghe, Piotr Sorokowski, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Xin Song, Sofie Morbée, Savannah Lewis, Sladjana Sinkolova, Dmitry Grigoryev, Shira Meir Drexler, Shimrit Daches, Shelby L Levine, Shawn N Geniole, Shahunur Akter, Selena Vračar, Sébastien Massoni, Sebastiano Costa, Saša Zorjan, Eylul Sarioguz, Sara Morales Izquierdo, Sarah Suzette Tshonda, Sara G Alves, Sara Pöntinen, Sara Álvarez Solas, Santiago Ordoñez-Riaño, Sanja Batić Očovaj, Sandersan Onie, Samuel Lins, Theresa Biberauer, Sami Çoksan, Sakda Khumkom, Asli Sacakli, Susana Ruiz-Fernández, Sandra J Geiger, Saeideh FatahModares, Radoslaw B Walczak, Ruben Betlehem, Roosevelt Vilar, Rodrigo A Cárcamo, Robert M Ross, Randy McCarthy, Tonia Ballantyne, Erin C Westgate, Richard M Ryan, Rafael Gargurevich, Reza Afhami, Dongning Ren, Renan P Monteiro, Ulf-Dietrich Reips, Niv Reggev, Robert J Calin-Jageman, Razieh Pourafshari, Raquel Oliveira, Mina Nedelcheva-Datsova, Rima-Maria Rahal, Rafael R Ribeiro, Theda Radtke, Rachel Searston, Rachadaporn Jai-Ai, Redeate Habte, Przemysław Zdybek, Sau-Chin Chen, Piyaorn Wajanatinapart, Princess Lovella G Maturan, Jennifer T Perillo, Peder Mortvedt Isager, Pavol Kačmár, Paulo Manuel Macapagal, Michael R Maniaci, Paulina Szwed, Paul HP Hanel, Paul AG Forbes, Patricia Arriaga, Bastien Paris, Neha Parashar, Konstantinos Papachristopoulos, Pablo Sebastián Correa, Ondřej Kácha, Márcia Bernardo, Olatz Campos, Olalla Niño Bravo, Oscar J Galindo-Caballero, Chisom Esther Ogbonnaya
Publication date
2022/5/31
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Volume
119
Issue
22
Description
Finding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-country, preregistered experiment ( n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses concerning generalizable positive and negative outcomes of social distancing messages that promoted personal agency and reflective choices (i.e., an autonomy-supportive message) or were restrictive and shaming (i.e., a controlling message) compared with no message at all. Results partially supported experimental hypotheses in that the controlling message increased controlled motivation (a poorly internalized form of motivation relying on shame, guilt, and fear of social consequences) relative to no message. On the other hand, the autonomy-supportive message lowered feelings of defiance compared with the controlling message, but the controlling message did …
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N Legate, T Ngyuen, N Weinstein, A Moller, L Legault… - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022