Inequalities and identity processes in crises: Recommendations for facilitating safe response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8105534 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2044-8309 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01446665 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Soc Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: <2012-> : Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell
Original Publication: Letchworth Herts : British Psychological Society

Betacoronavirus*; Coronavirus Infections/*prevention & control ; Health Promotion/*methods ; Pandemics/*prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral/*prevention & control; COVID-19 ; Communicable Disease Control ; Disaster Planning ; Health Promotion/standards ; Health Status Disparities ; Healthcare Disparities ; Humans ; Leadership ; Personal Protective Equipment ; Risk Reduction Behavior ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Self-Help Groups ; Social Norms ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Trust

Structural inequalities and identity processes are pivotal to understanding public response to COVID-19. We discuss how identity processes can be used to promote community-level support, safe normative behaviour, and increase compliance with guidance. However, we caution how government failure to account for structural inequalities can alienate vulnerable groups, inhibit groups from being able to follow guidance, and lead to the creation of new groups in response to illegitimate treatment. Moreover, we look ahead to the longitudinal impacts of inequalities during pandemics and advise government bodies should address identity-based inequalities to mitigate negative relations with the public and subsequent collective protest.
(© 2020 The Authors. British Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society.)

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Keywords: COVID-19; Identity processes; behaviour change; collective actions; coronavirus; inequality; leadership; social identities; social norms; societal inequality

Date Created: 20200626 Date Completed: 20200717 Latest Revision: 20240329

20240329

PMC7383992

10.1111/bjso.12400

32583423