Individual-Community Misalignment in Partisan Identity Predicts Distancing From Norms During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated whether misalignment between an individual and their community in partisan identity predicted psychological and behavioral distancing from local COVID-19 norms. A nationally representative sample of Republicans and Democrats provided longitudinal data in April (N = 3,492) and June 2020 (N = 2,649). Democrats in Republican communities reported especially heightened better-than-average estimates, perceiving themselves as more adherent to and approving of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI; e.g., mask wearing) than their community. Democrats'better-than-average estimates reflected high approval and behavior in Republican communities and substantial norm underestimation. Republicans in Democratic communities did not evidence worse-than-

SUBMITTER: Reid AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195689 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature