The role of public trust during pandemics: Implications for crisis communication

European Psychologist

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-32

  Siegrist, Michael ^a   Zingg, Alexandra ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confidence; Pandemic; Public compliance; Risk communication; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897780961     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: 1878531X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000169     Document Type: Article

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