Preliminary findings on the associations between personality traits and engagement behavior to the COVID-19 containment measures: Associations between COVID-19 and personality

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Three weeks after WHO's declaration, almost 900,000 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, with more than 43,000 deaths worldwide. Containment measures were recommended, such as social d...

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Published in:Psychology, health & medicine health & medicine, 2022-02, Vol.27 (2), p.436-443
Main Authors: de Francisco Carvalho, Lucas, Gonçalves, André Pereira, Pianowski, Giselle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
compassion
disease outbreaks
neuroticism
personality
SARS-cov-2
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Summary:In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Three weeks after WHO's declaration, almost 900,000 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, with more than 43,000 deaths worldwide. Containment measures were recommended, such as social distancing and hand hygiene. Although they are known to be helpful to slow down the spread of the COVID-19, the efficiency of these measures depends on people's adherence. We explore whether personality traits account for variations in the commitment to the COVID-19 containment measures. The sample consisted of 814 Brazilian adults who answered a questionnaire about adherence to COVID-19 containment measures (COVID-19 questionnaire), factors of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5), and the affective resonance factor of the Affective and Cognitive Measure of Empathy (ACME). We conducted a network analysis. All connections observed in the network analysis were significant (p 
ISSN:1354-8506
1465-3966
DOI:10.1080/13548506.2021.1944652