TY - JOUR
T1 - Research priorities for the COVID‐19 pandemic and beyond
T2 - A call to action for psychological science
AU - O'Connor, Daryl
AU - Aggleton , John
AU - Chakrabarti , Bhismadev
AU - Cooper, Cary
AU - Creswell , Cathy
AU - Dunsmuir, Sandra
AU - Fiske , Susan
AU - Gathercole, Susan
AU - Gough , Brendan
AU - Ireland , Jane
AU - Jones, Marc
AU - Jowett, Adam
AU - Kagan, Carolyn
AU - Karanika‐Murray , Maria
AU - Kaye, Linda
AU - Kumari , Veena
AU - Lewandowsky, Stephan
AU - Lightman, Stafford
AU - Malpass , Debra
AU - Meins, Elizabeth
AU - Morgan , Paul
AU - Morrison Coulthard, Lisa
AU - Reicher, Stephen
AU - Schacter, Daniel
AU - Sherman, Susan
AU - Simms , Victoria
AU - Williams , Antony
AU - Wykes, Til
AU - Armitage , Christopher
N1 - © 2020 The Authors. British Journal of Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - 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.
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.
KW - COVID-19
KW - behaviour change
KW - children
KW - education
KW - families
KW - health
KW - human development
KW - mental health
KW - neuroscience
KW - pandemic
KW - psychological science
KW - psychology
KW - school
KW - stress
KW - trauma
KW - work
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U2 - 10.1111/bjop.12468
DO - 10.1111/bjop.12468
M3 - Article
VL - 111
SP - 603
EP - 629
JO - The British journal of psychology. General section
JF - The British journal of psychology. General section
SN - 0007-1269
IS - 4
M1 - e12468
ER -