Political and personal reactions to COVID-19 during initial weeks of social distancing in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine perceptions, behaviors, and impacts surrounding COVID-19 early in the pandemic response.

Materials and methods

A cross-sectional survey of 1,030 U.S. adults was administered on March 31st, 2020. This survey examined attitudes toward media, government, and community responses to COVID-19 by political ideology and sociodemographic factors. Knowledge, anxieties, and impacts of COVID-19 were also assessed.

Results

Conservatives were more likely to report that COVID-19 was receiving too much media coverage and people were generally overreacting; liberals were more likely to report the government had not done enough in response to the pandemic. Females and those with lower income experienced more COVID-19 related economic anxieties. Those working and wi

SUBMITTER: Christensen SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7514047 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature