The influence of demographics and personality on COVID-19 coping in young adults

The global COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented effect on human behavior and well-being. Demographic factors and personality traits have been shown to independently influence whether individuals adopt adaptive or maladaptive coping responses. However, to date, researchers have not considered h...

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Published in:Personality and individual differences 2021-01, Vol.168, p.110398-110398, Article 110398
Main Authors: Volk, Anthony A., Brazil, Kristopher J., Franklin-Luther, Prarthana, Dane, Andrew V., Vaillancourt, Tracy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Behavior problems
Coping
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Demographics
Demography
HEXACO
Pandemics
Personality
Personality traits
Young adults
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Summary:The global COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented effect on human behavior and well-being. Demographic factors and personality traits have been shown to independently influence whether individuals adopt adaptive or maladaptive coping responses. However, to date, researchers have not considered how demographics and personality could interact to influence COVID-19 coping responses. In a sample of 516 North American young adults, we found direct links from two demographic factors (i.e., income and having children) and from multiple personality traits (as captured by the HEXACO model) to adaptive and maladaptive COVID-19 coping responses. We also found that personality indirectly linked a broader range of demographic factors (income, age, gender, having children) with COVID-19 coping responses. We encourage future research on COVID-19 coping responses to consider not just the individual contributions of demographics and personality, but their interdependent influence on whether individuals adopt more or less adaptive COVID-19 pandemic coping responses.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
0191-8869
DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110398