How Political and Social Trust Can Impact Social Distancing Practices During COVID-19 in Unexpected Ways.

ABSTRACT: In times of the coronavirus, complying with public health policies is essential to save lives. Understanding the factors that influence compliance with social distancing measures is therefore an urgent issue. The present research investigated the role of political and social trust for social distancing using a variety of methods. In Study 1 (N = 301), conducted with a sample from the United Kingdom in the midst of the virus outbreak (i.e., the first wave), neither political nor social trust had main associations with self-reported social distancing tendencies. However, both factors interacted such that social trust was associated with lower social distancing tendencies among participants with low levels of political trust. In Study 2, using an experimental longitudinal design and ag

SUBMITTER: Woelfert FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7767922 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature