TY - JOUR
AU - O'Connor, Daryl B.
AU - Aggleton, John P.
AU - Chakrabarti, Bhismadev
AU - Cooper, Cary L.
AU - Creswell, Cathy
AU - Dunsmuir, Sandra
AU - Fiske, Susan T.
AU - Gathercole, Susan
AU - Gough, Brendan
AU - Ireland, Jane L.
AU - Jones, Marc V.
AU - Jowett, Adam
AU - Kagan, Carolyn
AU - Karanika-Murray, Maria
AU - Kaye, Linda K.
AU - Kumari, Veena
AU - Lewandowsky, Stephan
AU - Lightman, Stafford
AU - Malpass, Debra
AU - Meins, Elizabeth
AU - Morgan, B. Paul
AU - Morrison Coulthard, Lisa J.
AU - Reicher, Stephen D.
AU - Schacter, Daniel L.
AU - Sherman, Susan M.
AU - Simms, Victoria
AU - Williams, Antony
AU - Wykes, Til
AU - Armitage, Christopher J.
PY - 2020
DA - July
TI - Research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a call to action for psychological science
JO - British Journal of Psychology
EP - 629
VL - 111
IS - 4
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12468
AB - The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents the greatest international biopsychosocial emergency the world has faced for a century, and psychological science has an integral role to offer in helping societies recover. The aim of this paper is to set out the shorter- and longer-term priorities for research in psychological science that will (a) frame the breadth and scope of potential contributions from across the discipline; (b) enable researchers to focus their resources on gaps in knowledge; and (c) help funders and policymakers make informed decisions about future research priorities in order to best meet the needs of societies as they emerge from the acute phase of the pandemic. The research priorities were informed by an expert panel convened by the British Psychological Society that reflects the breadth of the discipline; a wider advisory panel with international input; and a survey of 539 psychological scientists conducted early in May 2020. The most pressing need is to research the negative biopsychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate immediate and longer-term recovery, not only in relation to mental health, but also in relation to behaviour change and adherence, work, education, children and families, physical health and the brain, and social cohesion and connectedness. We call on psychological scientists to work collaboratively with other scientists and stakeholders, establish consortia, and develop innovative research methods while maintaining high-quality, open, and rigorous research standards.
PB - Wiley
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10023/20297
KW - Education
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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