When Will the Lockdown End? Confinement Duration Forecasts and Self-Reported Life Satisfaction in Spain: A Longitudinal Study

Frontiers in Psychology

Noemí Herranz-Zarzoso¹  Gerardo Sabater-Grande¹  Aurora García-Gallego¹  Nikolaos Georgantzís² 

[1] LEE & Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain;LEE & Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain;CEREN EA 7477, Burgundy School of Business, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France;

关键词: COVID-19;    lockdown;    personality traits;    gender;    daily life satisfaction;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635145

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This paper reports results from a longitudinal study on the impact of the lockdown on daily self-reported life satisfaction levels during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. A stable panel (N = 1,131) of adult subjects were surveyed during 84 consecutive days (March 29–June 20, 2020). They were asked to report daily life satisfaction and health state levels. Interestingly, daily life satisfaction increased during the lockdown. At the beginning of the experiment, subjects were asked to guess the end-week of the lockdown, against a possible monetary reward for accurate forecasts. Subjects predicting a longer lockdown period reported a higher average level of daily life satisfaction. Females reported on average lower levels of daily life satisfaction, but exhibited a stronger tendency to report higher levels of life satisfaction, the longer their lockdown forecast. Individual heterogeneity in life satisfaction levels can be partly attributed to personality traits, with neuroticism having a negative effect, while extraversion and agreeableness having a positive effect on daily life satisfaction.

【 授权许可】

CC BY