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The response of governments to the advent of COVID-19 has required them to consider behaviour at the population level, as well as the individual and group levels. The concept of psychological governance recognises the value of a macropsychology perspective in trying to shape collective behaviours. Different countries have adopted different types of public communications to engender a collective response to the pandemic. We consider these messages in the context of broader psychological processes that may impede or facilitate their effectiveness in the context of COVID-19.
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McVeigh, J., MacLachlan, M. (2021). Psychological Governance and COVID-19: A Case Study in Macropsychology. In: MacLachlan, M., McVeigh, J. (eds) Macropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50176-1_14
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