1st Edition

Psychological Impact of Behaviour Restrictions During the Pandemic Lessons from COVID-19

By Barrie Gunter Copyright 2022
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

This volume examines the undesirable or harmful cognitive, emotional and behavioural side-effects of COVID-19 and of the behavioural restrictions imposed by governments on their populations during the pandemic. Societal "lockdowns" and other intervening behavioural restrictions, built significantly around social isolation, used by governments to control the spread of COVID-19 disrupted the... Read more

Chapter 1: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Hindsight and Foresight

Chapter 2: Lockdown Side-Effects: Public Fear

Chapter 3: Lockdown and Loneliness

Chapter 4: Lockdown and Mental Health

Chapter 5: Lockdown, Mental Health and the Young

Chapter 6: Lockdown and Panic Buying Behaviour

Chapter 7: Friendships, Romance and Social and Sexual Relations

Chapter 8: The Pandemic and Destructive Behaviour

Chapter 9: Lockdown and Alcohol Consumption

Chapter 10: Lockdown and Gambling Behaviour

Chapter 11: Re-Setting Public Behaviour

Biography

Barrie Gunter is an Emeritus Professor in Media at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. A psychologist by training, he has published more than 80 books on a range of media, marketing, business, leisure and psychology topics.