RAPID Proposal: Psychological distance and risk perception related to the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak

RAPID提案：与2019年新型冠状病毒（2019-nCoV）爆发相关的心理距离和风险感知

• 批准号: 2020597
• 负责人: Janet Yang
• 金额: $ 19.74万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-03-15 至 2022-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2020597&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Proposal; Psychological; distance; risk

This project assesses the American public’s perception of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak that originated from Wuhan, China. The focus of this research is to examine whether Americans’ perception of the root cause of the outbreak, as well as whether they believe the outbreak is a distant issue for most Americans, will determine their risk perception and emotional responses to the outbreak. Further, this project examines the extent to which risk perception and emotions influence whether Americans seek information about this issue, share information with others, and support public health policies including international cooperation. The proposed research advances risk communication research, as well as enhances our understanding of strategic messaging design to benefit public health, prosperity and welfare.The proposed research is an experimental survey to assess 1) how psychological distance (especially spatial and social distance) and causal attribution influence the U.S. public’s risk perception surrounding the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak; 2) how mental construal of the outbreak determines Americans’ emotional responses to the outbreak; 3) how risk perception and emotional responses influence risk communication behaviors and public support for U.S. involvement in providing aid; and 4) whether cultural cognition moderates these relationships. The research involves a survey, based on a nationally representative sample of 1,000 participants, who are randomly assigned to four experimental conditions. Psychological distance and causal attributions are the main experimental factors with cultural cognition as the primary moderator, while risk perception, emotional responses, communication behaviors, and support for U.S. response effort are the outcome variables. The outbreak provides a unique context to study public risk perception and risk communication behaviors. Although only a small number cases have been confirmed in the U.S. at the inception of the research, there is heightened media attention and the U.S. government has issued a travel ban to all foreign nationals who have been to mainland China. It is possible that social cognitive mechanisms, such as psychological distance, causal attribution, and cultural cognition will synergistically influence public risk perceptions and subsequent communication behaviors and support for public health policies. Exploring these mechanisms and their respective impacts can help us understand how to communicate better about a major disease outbreak in an interconnected world.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目评估了美国公众对来自中国武汉的2019年小说冠状病毒爆发的看法。这项研究的重点是检查美国人对爆发根本原因的看法，以及他们认为爆发是否对大多数美国人来说是一个遥远的问题，都将决定他们对爆发的风险感知和情感反应。此外，该项目研究了风险感知和情绪在多大程度上影响美国人是否寻求有关此问题的信息，与他人共享信息，并支持包括国际合作在内的公共卫生政策。拟议的研究促进了风险交流研究，并增强了我们对战略消息传递设计的理解，以使公共卫生，繁荣和福利受益。拟议的研究是一项实验性调查，以评估1）1）心理距离（尤其是空间和社会距离）如何影响美国公众围绕2019年新型冠状病毒爆发的风险； 2）爆发的心理结构如何决定美国人对爆发的情感反应； 3）风险感知和情感反应如何影响风险沟通行为和公众对美国参与提供援助的支持； 4）文化认知适中是否这些关系。该研究涉及一项基于1,000名参与者的全国代表性样本的调查，这些样本被随机分配到四个实验条件。心理距离和因果属性是文化认知作为主要主持人的主要实验因素，而风险感知，情感反应，沟通行为以及对美国反应工作的支持是结果变量。爆发为研究公共风险感知和风险交流行为提供了独特的背景。尽管在研究开始时，在美国仅确认了少数案件，但媒体的关注受到了更高的关注，美国政府已向所有去过中国大陆的外国国民发布了旅行禁令。社会认知机制（例如心理距离，因果属性和文化认知）可能会协同影响公共风险感知和随后的沟通行为以及对公共卫生政策的支持。探索这些机制及其各自的影响可以帮助我们理解如何在相互联系的世界中更好地交流主要疾病爆发。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估该基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响来审查标准。