Religion and reactance to COVID-19 mitigation guidelines.

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, religious gatherings have become intense hot spots for spread of virus. In this research, we focus on religiosity communities to examine whether helps or hinders adherence mitigation policies such as shelter-in-place directives. Prior research has made opposing predictions influence religiosity. One stream predicts greater because rule-abiding norms and altruistic tendencies, whereas another predicted lower a reaction against restriction personal freedom. We used directives an intervention in quasiexperiment over 30 days function most populous metropolitan areas United States. When directive had not been imposed, did affect people's movements. However, when was higher resulted less (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).