Relationship Between COVID-19 Threat Beliefs and Individual Differences in Demographics, Personality, and Related Beliefs
Individual differences in demographics, personality, and other related beliefs are associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) threat beliefs. However, the relative contributions of these different types of individual differences to COVID-19 threat beliefs are not known. In this study, a tot...
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| description | Individual differences in demographics, personality, and other related beliefs are associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) threat beliefs. However, the relative contributions of these different types of individual differences to COVID-19 threat beliefs are not known. In this study, a total of 1,700 participants in Croatia (68% female; age 18–86 years) completed a survey that included questions about COVID-19 risks, questions about related beliefs including vaccination beliefs, trust in the health system, trust in scientists, and trust in the political system, the HEXACO 60 personality inventory, as well as demographic questions about gender, age, chronic diseases, and region. We used hierarchical regression analyses to examine the proportion of variance explained by demographics, personality, and other related beliefs. All three types of individual differences explained a part of the variance of COVID-19 threat beliefs, with related beliefs explaining the largest part. Personality facets explained a slightly larger amount of variance than personality factors. These results have implications for communication about COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-323e78332bed4274b8b34529ad2774352022-12-21T17:22:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-02-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.831199831199Relationship Between COVID-19 Threat Beliefs and Individual Differences in Demographics, Personality, and Related BeliefsAna Butkovic0Mirta Galesic1Mirta Galesic2Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaSanta Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesHarding Center for Risk Literacy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, GermanyIndividual differences in demographics, personality, and other related beliefs are associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) threat beliefs. However, the relative contributions of these different types of individual differences to COVID-19 threat beliefs are not known. In this study, a total of 1,700 participants in Croatia (68% female; age 18–86 years) completed a survey that included questions about COVID-19 risks, questions about related beliefs including vaccination beliefs, trust in the health system, trust in scientists, and trust in the political system, the HEXACO 60 personality inventory, as well as demographic questions about gender, age, chronic diseases, and region. We used hierarchical regression analyses to examine the proportion of variance explained by demographics, personality, and other related beliefs. All three types of individual differences explained a part of the variance of COVID-19 threat beliefs, with related beliefs explaining the largest part. Personality facets explained a slightly larger amount of variance than personality factors. These results have implications for communication about COVID-19.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.831199/fullCOVID-19 threat beliefsindividual differencespersonalitytrustvaccination |
| spellingShingle | Ana Butkovic Mirta Galesic Mirta Galesic Relationship Between COVID-19 Threat Beliefs and Individual Differences in Demographics, Personality, and Related Beliefs Frontiers in Psychology COVID-19 threat beliefs individual differences personality trust vaccination |
| title | Relationship Between COVID-19 Threat Beliefs and Individual Differences in Demographics, Personality, and Related Beliefs |
| title_full | Relationship Between COVID-19 Threat Beliefs and Individual Differences in Demographics, Personality, and Related Beliefs |
| title_fullStr | Relationship Between COVID-19 Threat Beliefs and Individual Differences in Demographics, Personality, and Related Beliefs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship Between COVID-19 Threat Beliefs and Individual Differences in Demographics, Personality, and Related Beliefs |
| title_short | Relationship Between COVID-19 Threat Beliefs and Individual Differences in Demographics, Personality, and Related Beliefs |
| title_sort | relationship between covid 19 threat beliefs and individual differences in demographics personality and related beliefs |
| topic | COVID-19 threat beliefs individual differences personality trust vaccination |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.831199/full |
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