Information Safety Assurances Increase Intentions to Use COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications, Regardless of Autonomy-Supportive or Controlling Message Framing

Information Safety Assurances Increase Intentions to Use COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications, Regardless of Autonomy-Supportive or Controlling Message Framing

Promoting the use of contact tracing technology will be an important step in global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Across two studies, we assessed two messaging strategies as motivators of intended contact tracing uptake. In one sample of 1117 Australian adults and one sample of 888 American a...

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Main Authors: Emma L. Bradshaw, Richard M. Ryan, Michael Noetel, Alexander K. Saeri, Peter Slattery, Emily Grundy, Rafael Calvo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
coronavirus
autonomy
information security
self-determination theory
controlling
message framing
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.591638/full

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