INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COMPLIANCE WITH COVID-19 CONTAINMENT MEASURES IN V4 COUNTRIES

• Authors: Kušnírová Katarína , Kačmár Pavol
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present study corroborates the role of personality in predicting adherence to containment measures in the Visegrád Four countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) with a total sample of N = 7463 participants. The Big-five traits predicted compliance both directly and indirectly, via concerns over coronavirus and trust in organizations. Openness, Conscientiousness, and Extraversion predicted compliance positively, while Neuroticism and Agreeableness negatively. Furthermore, the effect was mediated by corona concerns. Although Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness, and Conscientiousness predicted compliance negatively, the mediating role of trust was corroborated only for Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism and the effect size was smaller. The implications are that personality could be considered an important factor in compliant behaviour even in an “extreme” situation such as a pandemic, and that this effect is also indirect via concerns over coronavirus and trust in institutions (although to a much lesser degree). The findings might help practitioners tailor effective messages in times of pandemic.

Keywords

EN

COVID-19; PERSONALITY; BIG FIVE; TRUST; COMPLIANT BEHAVIOUR; V4 COUNTRIES

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 8 – 25

Contributors

author

Kušnírová Katarína

• Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice, Moyzesova 9, 040 59 Košice, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4381-8163

author

Kačmár Pavol

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-1945

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2022.01.836