Who complies with COVID-19 transmission mitigation behavioral guidelines?

During the past 6 months, the world has lost almost 950,000 lives because of the outbreak of COVID-19, with more than 31 million individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide. In response, lockdowns, and various other policies have been implemented. Unfortunately, many individuals are violating thos...

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Published in:PloS one 2020-10, Vol.15 (10), p.e0240396-e0240396
Main Authors: Nofal, Ahmed Maged, Cacciotti, Gabriella, Lee, Nick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitudes
Behavior
Behavioral sciences
Betacoronavirus - physiology
Biology and Life Sciences
Business administration
Communication
Compliance
Control
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Distribution
Economics and Finance
Epidemics
Government policy
Guidelines
Health aspects
Health Behavior
Health Policy
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Infection Control - methods
Japan
Japan - epidemiology
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Mitigation
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Personality
Personality traits
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Policies
Public policy
SARS-CoV-2
Social distancing
Social networks
Social Sciences
Young Adult
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Summary:During the past 6 months, the world has lost almost 950,000 lives because of the outbreak of COVID-19, with more than 31 million individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 worldwide. In response, lockdowns, and various other policies have been implemented. Unfortunately, many individuals are violating those policies and governments have been urging people to comply with the behavioral guidelines. In this paper, we argue that personality traits need to be considered to understand and encourage more effective public compliance with COVID 19 transmission mitigation behavioral guidelines. Using a sample of 8,548 individuals from Japan, we show that certain personality traits are related to the tendency to comply with COVID-19 transmission mitigation behavioral guidelines. We emphasize the importance of understanding why people respond differently to the same authority's messages and provide actionable insights for government policy makers and those who implement policies.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0240396