Monica K. Miller, JD, PhD, is a Foundation Professor with a split appointment between the Department of Criminal Justice and the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology PhD Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is also adjunct faculty for the Judicial Studies PhD Program and an affiliate of the Department of Gender, Race, and Identity. She is co-editor of the Springer series Advances in Psychology and Law, and is series editor for the American Psychology and Law Society book series published by APA Books.

• Preface


• Chapter 1: The Reciprocal Relationship Between Disease and Society: Historical and Modern Perspectives


• Monica K. Miller, Bryce Van Vleet, Hugh Shapiro


• Section One: Foundation of the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Chapter 2: How the Pandemic Changed People, Experiences, and the World


• Angela Spires, Monica K. Miller


• Chapter 3: U.S. Public Health Policy Responses to COVID-19


• Susan G. Bornstein, Monica K. Miller


• Chapter 4: The Ethics of the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Jennifer L. Lanterman


• Chapter 5: Legal Actions and Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Pamela M. Everett


• Section Two: Pandemic-Related Behavior During the Pandemic


• Chapter 6: Confirmatory Bias, Cognitive Dissonance, and the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Monica K. Miller, Jean J. Cabell


• Chapter 7: Self-Enhancement and Counterproductive COVID-19 Behavior


• Ethan Zell, Constantine Sedikides


• Chapter 8: Reactance Theory, Freedom-Seeking, Protesting, and Other COVID-19 Behaviors


• Jungkeun Kim, Jooyoung Park, Ricky Y.K. Chan, Roger Marshall


• Chapter 9: Morality in Times of Crisis: Panic, Grandstanding, Disengagement and Outrage as Drivers of Pandemic-Related Behavior of Citizens


• Biljana Gjoneska


• Chapter 10: Temporal Discounting, Uncertainty, and COVID-19


• Mattia Nese, Greta Riboli, Valentina Sassi, Gianni Brighetti, Rosita Borlimi


• Chapter 11: An Objectification Theory Lens for Understanding Compliance With COVID-19 Safety Measures


• Elvira Prusaczyk, Megan Earle, Becky Choma, Rachel Calogero


• Chapter 12: Could Gender-Related Norms Predict Compliance With COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors? Negative Impacts of Masculine Social Norms


• Mete Sefa Uysal, Emir Üzümçeker, Sara Vestergren


• Chapter 13: Cooperation and Acting for the Greater Good During the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Valerio Capraro, Paulo S. Boggio, Robert Böhm, Matjaz Perc, Hallgeir Sjåstad


• Chapter 14: Crafting Effective Messages to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination


• Paul G. Devereux, Sarah Y.T. Hartzell, Molly M. Hagen


• Chapter 15: Party Polarization and COVID-19


• Jennifer Lin, James N. Druckman


• Chapter 16: How Will Collective-Level Dynamics Influence the Spread of COVID-19?


• Shinobu Kitayama


• Chapter 17: The Role of Attitude Strength in Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Joseph J. Siev, Mengran Xu, Andrew Luttrell, Richard E. Petty


• Chapter 18: Trust in the Medical Profession: Reflections From the COVID-19 Pandemic


• A. Christine Emler, Brian H. Bornstein


• Chapter 19: Social Networks and COVID-19: Contagion and the Pandemic's Impact on Behavior


• Clayton D. Peoples, Kayla Furlano


• Section Three: Experiences During the Pandemic


• Chapter 20: The Collective Trauma and Chronic Stress of COVID-19: Risk and Resilience


• Dana Rose Garfin, Kayley D. Estes


• Chapter 21: Collective Resilience and the COVID-19 Experience


• Chris Cocking, Evangelos Ntontis, Sara Vestergren, Katarzyna Luzynska


• Chapter 22: Staying Together While Apart: How Digital Media Both Helped and Harmed Our Sense of Connection During the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Andrea Bayer, Sara V. White, Samuel E. Ehrenreich


• Chapter 23: Xenophobia, Prejudice, Stigma, and the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Victoria Estrada-Reynolds, Cynthia Willis-Esqueda


• Chapter 24: Inequality and the COVID-19 Experience


• Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, Victoria Estrada-Reynolds


• Chapter 25: Inequality in Healthcare: Theoretical Explanations for Disparities in the COVID-19 Experience


• Emily R. Berthelot, Susan G. Bornstein


• Chapter 26: How Will Couples Adapt to Stress from the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Relationship Science Perspective


• Paula R. Pietromonaco, Nickola Overall


• Chapter 27: The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Trauma Trigger: Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina


• Alma Jeftic, Toshiaki Sasao


• Chapter 28: Nostalgia and Protection of Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Tim Wildschut, Constantine Sedikides


• Chapter 29: The Burden of Pandemic Life for Families With Young Children


• Jennifer A. Mortensen, Lydia DeFlorio, Melissa M. Burnham


• Chapter 30: Dreams in the Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Theoretical Perspectives on the Way the Pandemic Affects Dream Contents


• Jarno Tuominen, Antti Revonsuo, Katja Valli


• Chapter 31: Past Victimization and Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Michal Bilewicz, Maria Babinska


• Section Four: Outcomes after the Pandemic


• Chapter 32: Leadership and the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Yvonne Stedham, Steven Mueller


• Chapter 33: Terror Management and the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Dylan E. Horner, Alex Sielaff, Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg


• Chapter 34: Harnessing Moral Cognition to Save Lives


• Justin F. Landy, Alexander D. Perry


• Chapter 35: A Failure of Fear: Liabilities of Looseness During COVID-19


• Michele J. Gelfand, Xinyue Pan, Alex Landry


• Chapter 36: Fake News and the COVID-19 Pandemic


• Sander van der Linden, Jon Roozenbeek


• Chapter 37: Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Influence People's Moral Beliefs and Behavior? Insights From Parasite-Stress Theory and Moral Foundations Theory


• Matthew P. West, Logan A. Yelderman


• Chapter 38: Looking Back on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Hindsight and Outcome Bias


• Hartmut Blank


• Chapter 39: World-Systems Analysis and the COVID-19 Pandemic: How the Structural Dynamics of the Capitalist World-Economy Exacerbate Societal Vulnerability and Undermine Collective Responses to External Shocks


• Michael Tyrala


• Chapter 40: Can COVID-19 Help Save the World? The Consequence of the Pandemic for Changes in Climate Change Mitigation at the Institutional and Individual Levels


• Adrian Wójcik, Marzena Cypryanska


• Section Five: Conducting COVID-19 Pandemic Research


• Chapter 41: Scattered Black and Whites: The Importance of the Positive and Negative in the Mosaic of Human Experience


• Elaine Kinsella, Rachel Sumner


• Chapter 42: On the Ethics of Social Science Research During a Pandemic


• Philipp Schoenegger, Theron Pummer


• Chapter 43: COVID-19 Related Community Sentiment Studies: Best Practices and Methodological Considerations


• Evan Murphy, Breanna Boppre


• Chapter 44: Strengthening Children and Youth Exposed to Multiple Community Stressors in Zagreb: Putting Science Into Practice


• Gordana Buljan Flander, Igor Miklousic, Tea Brezinscak, Ella Selak Bagaric, Vjekoslav Jelec


• Chapter 45: Researching Emotional Topics During Emotional Times: Reflecting on Best Practices for Management and Negotiation of Emotional Labor in Qualitative Social Research


• Samantha Hughes, Sarah Lemon, Natasha Stonebridge, Sam Scott


• Chapter 46: Selecting Personality and Individual Difference Theories to Predict COVID-19 Sentiment and Behaviors


• Paul G. Devereux


• Chapter 47: From Threats to Defenses: Theoretical and Statistical Suggestions to Investigate and Explain the Psychological Phenomena of COVID-19


• Robin Willardt, Chiara A. Jutzi, Petra C. Schmid, Eva Jonas


• Chapter 48: Moving Past the Pandemic: Lessons Learned From Social Science


• Monica K. Miller

The Social Science of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call to Action for Researchers draws on theories derived from the social sciences to address the multitude of questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic and to inspire a future generation of researchers. The book is designed to help promote recovery from the pandemic, to minimize the negative effects of similar events in the future, and to inform social science research going forward.