Human Behaviour in Pandemics

This timely interdisciplinary book brings together a wide spectrum of theoretical concepts and their empirical applications in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, informing our understanding of the social and psychological bases of a global crisis.

Auteur

Malgorzata Kossowska, full professor in psychology, head of the Social Psychology Unit and Center for Social Cognitive Studies in the Institute of Psychology at Jagiellonian University.

Natalia Letki, associate professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies and Centre for Excellence in Social Sciences, University of Warsaw.

Tomasz Zaleskiewicz, full professor in psychology, head of the Center for Research in Economic Behavior at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw, Poland.

Szymon Wichary, associate professor at the Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow.

Contenu

PART 1: INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND SOCIETY IN TIMES OF PANDEMICS

INTRODUCTION

• INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVE

• GROUP PERSPECTIVE

• SOCIETAL LEVEL

• COMMUNICATION IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC

• SUMMARY

REFERENCES

**

PART 2: CULTURE AND POLICY IN TIMES OF PANDEMICS: CASE STUDIES

• The COVID-19 EPIDEMIC IN POLAND, AS OF SUMMER 2021

• PANDEMIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: EXAMPLES FROM ISLAM AND HINDUISM

• PUBLIC POLICY RESPONSES TO THE PANDEMIC: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

REFERENCES