This paper is part of the larger 'Policing the pandemic' longitudinal study.
This paper discusses worry about COVID-19, distinguishing between “functional fear” (which motivates people into taking necessary precautions) and “dysfunctional fear" (which erodes quality of life). We draw on work in fear of crime literature and analyse data from waves 2 and 3 of the 'Policing the pandemic' longitudinal study to classify people into: (1) the unworried, (2) the functionally worried (adaptive emotions encourage proactive behaviours to reduce the chance of infection) and (3) the dysfunctionally worried (quality of life is damaged by the emotional experience or taking ineffective or damaging precautions).
The analysis was conducted in R version 4.0.0 (2020-04-24) -- "Arbor Day".
The section on compliance and re-engagement was analysed using STATA.
Of interest for the paper is the document 'Results.Rmd'. For those interested in the smplified versus more complex classification scheme 'ResultsSimplified.Rmd'