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dr. shanu shukla

Dr. Shanu Shukla

Students are more likely to disregard COVID preventive behaviours when they are among close friends than others

Optimistic Bias, Risky Behavior, and Social norms: Why college students struggle to assess pandemic risks

by Prof. Himanshu Rai |Jul 31, 2021

Based on an empirical study among college students, it was found that the presence of friends instead of strangers make participants with high COVID-19 optimistic bias inclined to take more risks