Pandemic Fatigue in the Post-pandemic Era
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (3 April 2023) | Viewed by 3952
Special Issue Editor
Interests: strategic communication management in Chinese societies; risk communication in health and technology; crisis communication and management; relationship management and conflict resolution; cross-cultural communication
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
After two years of worldwide upheaval, the COVID-19 pandemic is settling into a long-term global health problem. Response measures and lockdowns have resulted in “pandemic fatigue,” a typical behavioral reaction to COVID-19 restrictions. Pandemic fatigue refers to a lack of motivation to engage in recommended preventive behaviors that develops over time and is influenced by a variety of emotions, experiences and perceptions.
The pandemic has triggered three types of fatigue—message fatigue and emotional fatigue at the individual level, and other fatigue at the societal level (e.g., economic and brain drain). Message fatigue includes active (reactance) and passive (inattention) message resistance. Emotional fatigue concerns the pandemic’s impact on people’s physical and mental well-being. Societal-level impacts societal systems (e.g., medical, governmental and economic systems).
Various research methods can probe this fatigue phenomenon: surveys, experiments, interviews, and computational methods. Studies can focus on specific groups of people, including children, the elderly, and deprived communities. We invite you to submit papers for a Special Issue addressing these topics, combining a high academic standard with a practical focus on pandemic fatigue.
Prof. Dr. Yi Hui Christine Huang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pandemic fatigue
- message fatigue
- message reactance
- message inattention
- emotional fatigue
- mental health
- economic fatigue
- brain-drain phenomenon
- post-pandemic era
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