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  • Public Health
  • Social Psychology

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  • Understanding factors influencing public adherence to social distancing is crucial for managing infectious disease outbreaks.
  • Misperceptions of community support can impact individual behavior and the effectiveness of public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether correcting individuals' underestimates of community support for social distancing influences their behavior.
  • To examine the theoretical mechanisms (free-riding, perceived infectiousness, norm adherence) through which this information affects social distancing.

Main Methods:

  • Randomized controlled trial assigning participants to a treatment group that corrected misperceptions of social distancing support.
  • Measurement of social distancing behavior using self-reports and third-party reports.
  • Analysis of heterogeneous treatment effects based on community COVID-19 case prevalence.

Main Results:

  • The intervention's average effect on social distancing was near zero, contrary to expert predictions.
  • Treatment effects were heterogeneous: social distancing decreased in low-prevalence areas (free-riding effect) and increased in high-prevalence areas (perceived infectiousness effect).

Conclusions:

  • Correcting misperceptions about social distancing norms has complex and context-dependent effects.
  • Public health messaging effectiveness hinges on disease prevalence, influencing the balance between perceived benefits and free-riding incentives.