Report 29: Does the prospect of easing up motivate people?

Published on 21 April 2021 On 14 April, the government announced the end of the Easter break and held out the prospect of a series of relaxations to the population. Some of these, such as the opening of schools and contact professions, were made unconditional, while other relaxations will depend on the evolution of the corona figures. What impact will the announcement of this ... Read More

Report 28: Vaccination: Preferences Crystallize!

Published on 6 April 2021 The month of March was extremely turbulent for Corona. The consultation committee of 5 March held out the prospect of more outdoor activities and the opening of the catering and cultural activities from the beginning of May. Due to the rapid increase in the number of infections and hospitalisations, the consultation committee withdrew the announced easing of the measures on 17 March.

Report 26: Is there motivational support for entanglements?

Published on 24 March 2021 Now that the corona figures are rising again and the call for stricter measures is getting louder, the question arises whether there is sufficient motivational support for this. In the past, we have found that relaxations do not necessarily motivate and that strictures are not necessarily demotivating (see report #15 and #16, www.motivationbarometer.com). Everything depends on the framework ... Read More

Report 25: The corona figures: motivation matters !

Published on 2 March 2021 The Consultative Committee decided on Friday 26/2 to "not make a decision yet" and to take a time-out in order to properly assess the rising infection and hospitalisation rates. These rising figures are attributed to more infectious virus variants. This is of course a secondary reason: even more contagious variants depend primarily on our behaviour. And ... Read More