Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

RIV/68081740:_____/23:00579757 - isvavai.cz

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14230/23:00132759

Výsledek na webu

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-023-00046-5

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

10.1038/s44271-023-00046-5

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

With the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioural scientists aimed to illuminate reasons why people comply with (or not) large-scale cooperative activities. Here we investigated the motives that underlie support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours in a sample of 12,758 individuals from 34 countries. We hypothesized that the associations of empathic prosocial concern and fear of disease with support towards preventive COVID-19 behaviours would be moderated by trust in the government. Results suggest that the association between fear of disease and support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours was strongest when trust in the government was weak (both at individual- and country-level). Conversely, the association with empathic prosocial concern was strongest when trust in the government was high, but this moderation was only found at individual-level scores of governmental trust. We discuss how motivations may be shaped by socio-cultural context, and outline how findings may contribute to a better understanding of collective action during global crises.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour

Popis výsledku anglicky

With the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioural scientists aimed to illuminate reasons why people comply with (or not) large-scale cooperative activities. Here we investigated the motives that underlie support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours in a sample of 12,758 individuals from 34 countries. We hypothesized that the associations of empathic prosocial concern and fear of disease with support towards preventive COVID-19 behaviours would be moderated by trust in the government. Results suggest that the association between fear of disease and support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours was strongest when trust in the government was weak (both at individual- and country-level). Conversely, the association with empathic prosocial concern was strongest when trust in the government was high, but this moderation was only found at individual-level scores of governmental trust. We discuss how motivations may be shaped by socio-cultural context, and outline how findings may contribute to a better understanding of collective action during global crises.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

LX22NPO5101: Národní institut pro výzkum socioekonomických dopadů nemocí a systémových rizik

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Communications Psychology

ISSN

2731-9121

e-ISSN

2731-9121

Svazek periodika

1

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

prosinec

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

43

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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