Positive and negative perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic: Does personality play a role?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The lockdown measures following the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, intended to slow the spread of the virus, forced a sudden and dramatic change to most everyday lives. However, not all individuals may have been affected in the same way. In addition to situational factors such as occupation, family status, and health, personality traits may affect how individuals experienced the initial crisis.

Methods

Using data from the pairfam COVID-19 survey, an online survey of the participants of the German Family Panel pairfam conducted from May to July 2020, as well as personality data from the pairfam panel data, this study analyzes whether the Big Five personality traits influence the degree to which young and middle-aged individuals (16-49 years old) felt negatively af

SUBMITTER: Schmiedeberg C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9756788 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature