A. Yurevitch

D. Ushakov

• Occupation: Director of the Institute of psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Affiliation: Institute of Psychology RAS
  
• Address: Yaroslavskaya 13

M. Yurevitch

• Occupation: Researcher, Center for Macroeconomic Research
• Affiliation: Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
  
• Address: Leningradskz Prospect, 51/1

The pandemic, unfortunately, has firmly established itself as a priority object of scientific research, including psychological studies. Two opposing groups of people have emerged within society – “covid-rigorists”, scrupulously observing the recommendations of the authorities regarding the rules of anti-infectious behavior, and “covid-dissident”, who see their freedom infringed by these rules. There are other aspects of the problem that can be considered psychological. The authors conducted the third expert survey of leading Russian psychologists, who published in 2014–2020 articles in the journals "Psychological issues" and "Psychological Journal", indexed by Web of Science and Scopus. The experts were again asked questions about the socio-psychological context of the epidemic (although not only about it). The survey covered 105 respondents — representatives of various branches of psychology — and was conducted in November 2020.