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Acquiring, Comprehending, and Using Information Related to COVID-19

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020

  • Funder

    NWO Netherlands

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof dr RA Zwaan

  • Research Location

    Netherlands

  • Lead Research Institution

    Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Approaches to public health interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This research will investigate how people gather, interpret, and use information about COVID-19.Which information sources do they use? How often do they consult these sources? What is their factual knowledge about COVID-19? How confident are they about this knowledge? Do they endorse conspiracy theories about COVID-19? How closely do they follow governmental guidelines about COVID-19 related behavior? Are there systematic individual differences in these issues? Are there cross-cultural differences in COVID-19 information processing?