Research project TD/231/THRIVE (Research action TD)
The THRIVE project seeks to provide evidence-based recommendations for post-Covid preparedness in the domains of well-being and democratic governance by fully actualizing the potential of the large-scale Motivation Barometer project , together with additional post-covid waves
The project has four major descriptive and predictive overarching objectives:
- shed light on the social and psychological heterogeneity of the population during the COVID-19 crisis through the identification of distinctive groups characterized by unique trajectories, and examine whether the identified trajectories vary as a function of intersectional markers of differentiation at the socio-demographic (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, education, religion, …) and psychological level (e.g., trust, identification, subjective social status, …)
- examine whether different trajectories influenced people’s dynamic reactions as the pandemic unfolded, thereby affecting their mental health, thus identifying resilient and psychologically vulnerable groups;
- associate several disciplines (health psychology, motivation psychology, social psychology, and sociology), involving complementary models and methods (quantitative and qualitative approaches);
- Identify contextual factors such as communication styles or stringency of sanitary measures feeding into people’s experiences, together with interacting predictors, such as trust and ideologies;
The relevant findings will be exploited and enhanced through both dissemination in scientific (papers in top journals in psychology and sociology, special issues, conference, symposia, …) and non-scientific audiences (highly accessible reports including practical recommendations that can be implemented by key stakeholders). Extensive previous experience and collaborations with stakeholders from the team members will facilitate co-creation processes in shaping recommendations and interventions.
