Self-Persuasion Increases Motivation for Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Moral Obligation
During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments use direct persuasion to encourage social isolation. Since self-persuasion is a more effective method of encouraging behavioural changes, using an experimental approach, we compared direct persuasion to self-persuasion on underlying motivations for voluntary...
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| author | Dariusz Drążkowski Radosław Trepanowski Patrycja Chwiłkowska Magda Majewska |
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| description | During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments use direct persuasion to encourage social isolation. Since self-persuasion is a more effective method of encouraging behavioural changes, using an experimental approach, we compared direct persuasion to self-persuasion on underlying motivations for voluntary social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked the participants (N = 375) to write three arguments in support of social isolation (self-persuasion condition) or to evaluate three government graphics containing arguments for social isolation (direct persuasion condition). Then we asked the participants to evaluate perceived own vulnerability to COVID-19, the perceived severity of COVID-19, moral obligation to socially isolate and the attitude toward social isolation. Self-persuasion had a significant impact on the moral obligation to socially isolate, and through it on self-isolation intention. We also found evidence that individuals who perceived greater benefits from social isolation and who perceived a higher severity of COVID-19 have a higher intention to socially isolate. Significant sex and age differences also emerged. Our findings provide new insights into mechanisms of self-persuasion and underlying motivations that influence social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5615d91417f54b3899a0b659a8dfd67a2023-01-02T03:56:16ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologySocial Psychological Bulletin2569-653X2020-12-0115410.32872/spb.4415spb.4415Self-Persuasion Increases Motivation for Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Moral ObligationDariusz Drążkowski0Radosław Trepanowski1Patrycja Chwiłkowska2Magda Majewska3Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, PolandAdam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, PolandAdam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, PolandAdam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, PolandDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, governments use direct persuasion to encourage social isolation. Since self-persuasion is a more effective method of encouraging behavioural changes, using an experimental approach, we compared direct persuasion to self-persuasion on underlying motivations for voluntary social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked the participants (N = 375) to write three arguments in support of social isolation (self-persuasion condition) or to evaluate three government graphics containing arguments for social isolation (direct persuasion condition). Then we asked the participants to evaluate perceived own vulnerability to COVID-19, the perceived severity of COVID-19, moral obligation to socially isolate and the attitude toward social isolation. Self-persuasion had a significant impact on the moral obligation to socially isolate, and through it on self-isolation intention. We also found evidence that individuals who perceived greater benefits from social isolation and who perceived a higher severity of COVID-19 have a higher intention to socially isolate. Significant sex and age differences also emerged. Our findings provide new insights into mechanisms of self-persuasion and underlying motivations that influence social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/4415self-persuasionmotivationsocial isolationmoral obligationcovid-19pandemic |
| spellingShingle | Dariusz Drążkowski Radosław Trepanowski Patrycja Chwiłkowska Magda Majewska Self-Persuasion Increases Motivation for Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Moral Obligation Social Psychological Bulletin self-persuasion motivation social isolation moral obligation covid-19 pandemic |
| title | Self-Persuasion Increases Motivation for Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Moral Obligation |
| title_full | Self-Persuasion Increases Motivation for Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Moral Obligation |
| title_fullStr | Self-Persuasion Increases Motivation for Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Moral Obligation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Persuasion Increases Motivation for Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Moral Obligation |
| title_short | Self-Persuasion Increases Motivation for Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Moral Obligation |
| title_sort | self persuasion increases motivation for social isolation during the covid 19 pandemic through moral obligation |
| topic | self-persuasion motivation social isolation moral obligation covid-19 pandemic |
| url | https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/4415 |
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