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Pandemic personality: Emotional reactions, political and social preferences across personality traits in times of Corona.

ABSTRACT: The Coronavirus pandemic undeniably represents a global health threat unprecedented in living memory leading to very distinct behavioral, cognitive, and psychological responses to the crisis. We argue that the different ways of responding to the pandemic are rooted in personal dispositions and provide evidence regarding the function and value of the Big Five framework in understanding the pandemic personality. Using 18 samples from the six European countries most affected at the onset of the pandemic (overall N = 18,307), we find that most of the Big Five effects vary across countries and pandemic phases. However, while neuroticism is clearly linked to pandemic threat perception and emotional responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, conscientiousness is mainly related to exposure to pandemic hazard, preferences regarding political measures, and tolerance of epidemiologically undesirable behavior. Our findings are rich in implications for public health politics, policy-makers and social cohesion.

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The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-021-02493-x.

SUBMITTER: Freitag M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8610108 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pandemic personality: Emotional reactions, political and social preferences across personality traits in times of Corona.

Freitag Markus M Hofstetter Nathalie N

Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) 20211123

The Coronavirus pandemic undeniably represents a global health threat unprecedented in living memory leading to very distinct behavioral, cognitive, and psychological responses to the crisis. We argue that the different ways of responding to the pandemic are rooted in personal dispositions and provide evidence regarding the function and value of the Big Five framework in understanding the pandemic personality. Using 18 samples from the six European countries most affected at the onset of the pan ...[more]

PMID: 34840485

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