Authors of Research: Žan Lep, Kaja Hacin Beyazoglu, Sandra Ilić, Predrag Teovanović, Kaja Damnjanović

Year of Research: 2020

Keywords: epidemic, pandemic, credibility of information, psychological response, protective behaviour, coronavirus, covid-19, trust, Serbia, vaccination

Rapid population response and compliance with preventive measures are two of the most effective ways to limit the spread of infections in the early stages of an epidemic. The study examines how people perceive information regarding the coronavirus spread, how well informed they are, and how they respond to developments related to the spread of the new coronavirus. More specifically, it examines the extent to which they trust the various representatives and institutions and how credible they find the information received from them. In this regard, the study also examines how these perceptions are related to actual and hypothetical (in the presence of symptoms) compliance with measures to limit the spread of the disease. The study focuses on the perceptions and responses of the population and their connections with self-protective behavior. Due to its long-lasting nature, COVID-19 epidemic is a long-term process linked to dynamic changes in society and psychological responses and behavior of people; therefore, authors were also interested in what are the differences in perceptions and behavior of people in different stages of the epidemic. Therefore, the study was carried out in the form of daily measurements until the end of emergency conditions and additional measurements from March to August 2020. Data file is in Serbian language. Syntax for translating data file into English is available among the accompanying materials.

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Lep, Ž., Hacin Beyazoglu, K., Ilić, S., Teovanović, P. and Damnjanović, K. (2021). Psychological profile of the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia, 2020: Trust, information credibility, psychological and behavioural responses to the pandemic [Data file]. Ljubljana: Univerza v Ljubljani = University of Ljubljana, Slovenian Social Science Data Archives (ADP). ADP - IDNo: PPROSR20. https://doi.org/10.17898/ADP_PPROSR20_V1