Fighting Coronavirus One Personality at a Time: Need for Structure, Trait Victimhood, and Adherence to COVID-19 Health Guidelines

Frontiers in Psychology

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Yossi Maaravi¹  Boaz Hameiri²  Tamar Gur³ 

[1] Interdisciplinary Center, The Adelson School of Entrepreneurship;The Evens Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Tel Aviv University;Psychology Department, Hebrew University;Interdisciplinary Center, School of Psychology

关键词: coronavirus;    COVID-19;    mental rigidity;    need for closure;    need for structure;    victimhood;    self-efficacy;    adherence;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.576450

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have issued several guidelines to curb the pandemic's disastrous effects. However, measures' effectiveness is dependent upon people's adherence to them. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the potential factors that explain guideline adherence. In the present brief research report, we investigated need for structure and trait victimhood, i.e., the tendency to feel like a victim, and their effect on fear of the pandemic, which in turn, predicted guideline adherence. Furthermore, the association between fear and guideline adherence was shaped by participants' global self-efficacy: higher levels of self-efficacy predicted more guideline adherence regardless of fear levels. The present findings may be relevant to health messaging endeavors aiming to improve compliance with guidelines.

【 授权许可】

CC BY