The paper “Friend-Shield Protection From the Crowd: How Friendship Makes People Feel Invulnerable to COVID-19” by UC3M Business Crystal Lee and Eline De Vries, featured prominently across media outlets in the US, UK, and Spain. The study finds that people's perception of risk, and propensity for engaging in risky behaviour related to the exposure to COVID-19, increases when the behaviour is associated with friends.
Notably, the study appeared on CNN, The Guardian, and the American Psychological Association official press release.
Link to articles:
https://www.apa.org/news/
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/