Trust predicts COVID-19 prescribed and discretionary behavioral intentions in 23 countries.

Autor:	Pagliaro S; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy., Sacchi S; Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Pacilli MG; Department of Political Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy., Brambilla M; Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Lionetti F; Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy., Bettache K; Department of Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, Malaysia., Bianchi M; Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab, Universidade Lusòfona, Lisbon, Portugal., Biella M; Department of Psychology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany., Bonnot V; Department of Psychology, Université de Paris, Paris, France., Boza M; Department of Psychology and Education Sciences, University Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi, Romania., Butera F; Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland., Ceylan-Batur S; Department of Psychology, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey., Chong K; Department of Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, Malaysia., Chopova T; Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Crimston CR; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia., Álvarez B; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia., Cuadrado I; Department of Psychology, University of Almería, Almeria, Spain., Ellemers N; Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Formanowicz M; University Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh, Poland.; School of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland., Graupmann V; Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America., Gkinopoulos T; Faculty of Education, Greenwich University, London, United Kingdom., Kyung Jeong EH; Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland., Jasinskaja-Lahti I; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland., Jetten J; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia., Muhib Bin K; Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland., Mao Y; Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China., McCoy C; School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia., Mehnaz F; Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland., Minescu A; Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland., Sirlopú D; School of Humanities and Social Science, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile., Simić A; Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy., Travaglino G; The Chinese University of Honk Kong, Honk Kong, China.; School of Psychology, University of Kent, Kent, United Kingdom., Uskul AK; School of Psychology, University of Kent, Kent, United Kingdom., Zanetti C; Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland., Zinn A; Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, England, United Kingdom., Zubieta E; Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	PloS one [PLoS One] 2021 Mar 10; Vol. 16 (3), pp. e0248334. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 10 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0248334
Abstrakt:	The worldwide spread of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) since December 2019 has posed a severe threat to individuals' well-being. While the world at large is waiting that the released vaccines immunize most citizens, public health experts suggest that, in the meantime, it is only through behavior change that the spread of COVID-19 can be controlled. Importantly, the required behaviors are aimed not only at safeguarding one's own health. Instead, individuals are asked to adapt their behaviors to protect the community at large. This raises the question of which social concerns and moral principles make people willing to do so. We considered in 23 countries (N = 6948) individuals' willingness to engage in prescribed and discretionary behaviors, as well as country-level and individual-level factors that might drive such behavioral intentions. Results from multilevel multiple regressions, with country as the nesting variable, showed that publicized number of infections were not significantly related to individual intentions to comply with the prescribed measures and intentions to engage in discretionary prosocial behaviors. Instead, psychological differences in terms of trust in government, citizens, and in particular toward science predicted individuals' behavioral intentions across countries. The more people endorsed moral principles of fairness and care (vs. loyalty and authority), the more they were inclined to report trust in science, which, in turn, statistically predicted prescribed and discretionary behavioral intentions. Results have implications for the type of intervention and public communication strategies that should be most effective to induce the behavioral changes that are needed to control the COVID-19 outbreak. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This research was supported by a “Covid-19 Grant” awarded from the European Association of Social Psychology to Stefano Pagliaro and by the Pomilio Blumm Communication Agency. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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