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***Winner of a 2021 APEX Award for Publication Excellence***


Written by leading social psychologists with expertise in leadership, health and emergency behaviour - who have also played an important role in advising governments on COVID-19 - this book provides a broad but integrated analysis of the psychology of COVID-19

It explores the response to COVID-19 through the lens of social identity theory, drawing from insights provided by four decades of research. Starting from the premise that an effective response to the pandemic depends upon people coming together and supporting each other as members of a common community, the book helps us to understand emerging processes related to social (dis)connectedness, collective behaviour and the societal effects of COVID-19. In this it shows how psychological theory can help us better understand, and respond to, the events shaping the world in 2020.

Considering key topics such as:

Leadership
Communication
Risk perception
Social isolation
Mental health
Inequality
Misinformation
Prejudice and racism
Behaviour change
Social Disorder

This book offers the foundation on which future analysis, intervention and policy can be built.

We are proud to support the research into Covid-19 and are delighted to offer the finalised eBook for free, available from all major eBook retailers, including Amazon, Kobo, Ebooks.com and Google. For those who prefer print, it is possible to purchase a paperback version.

All Royalties from this book will be donated to charity.

Contents:

Foreword - Vincent Yzerbyt
Section A: Setting the scene
Chapter 1: The need for a social identity analysis of COVID-19 - Jolanda Jetten, Stephen D. Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam and Tegan Cruwys
Chapter 2: A social identity analysis of COVID-19 - Jolanda Jetten, Stephen D. Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam and Tegan Cruwys
Section B: Social influence
Chapter 3: Leadership - S. Alexander Haslam
Chapter 4: Compliance and followership - Niklas K. Steffens
Chapter 5: Behaviour Change - Frank Mols
Chapter 6: Conspiracy theories - Matthew J. Hornsey
Section C: Social (dis)connectedness
Chapter 7: Group threat - Katharine H. Greenaway
Chapter 8: Risk perception - Tegan Cruwys
Chapter 9: Social isolation - Sarah V. Bentley
Chapter 10: Aging and connectedness - Catherine Haslam
Chapter 11: Collective trauma - Orla Muldoon
Section D: Collective behaviour
Chapter 12: Crowds - Fregus Neville and Stephen D. Reicher
Chapter 13: Emergencies and disasters - John Drury and Selin Tekin Guven
Chapter 14: Solidarity - Evangelos Ntontis and Carolina Rocha
Chapter 15: Managing crowds in crises - Holly Carter, Dale Weston & Richard Amlot
Chapter 16: Social Order and Disorder - Clifford Stott and Matt Radburn
Section E: Intergroup relations
Chapter 17: Inequality - Jolanda Jetten
Chapter 18: Polarisation - Charlie R. Crimston and Hema Preya Selvanathan
Chapter 19: Prejudice and racism - Yuen J. Huo
Chapter 20: Common identity - John F. Dovidio, Elif G. Ikizer, Jonas R. Kunst and Aharon Levy