Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countries
Abstract It is crucial to understand why people comply with measures to contain viruses and their effects during pandemics. We provide evidence from 35 countries (N total = 12,553) from 6 continents during the COVID-19 pandemic (between 2021 and 2022) obtained via cross-sectional surveys that the so...
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| author | Maria-Therese Friehs Patrick F. Kotzur Christine Kraus Moritz Schemmerling Jessica A. Herzig Adrian Stanciu Sebastian Dilly Lisa Hellert Doreen Hübner Anja Rückwardt Veruschka Ulizcay Oliver Christ Marco Brambilla Jonas De keersmaecker Federica Durante Jessica Gale Dmitry Grigoryev Eric R. Igou Nino Javakhishvili Doris Kienmoser Gandalf Nicolas Julian Oldmeadow Odile Rohmer Bjørn Sætrevik Julien Barbedor Franco Bastias Sebastian B. Bjørkheim Aidos Bolatov Nazire Duran Andrej Findor Friedrich Götz Sylvie Graf Anna Hakobjanyan Georgios Halkias Camellia Hancheva Martina Hřebíčková Matej Hruška Shenel Husnu Kamoliddin Kadirov Narine Khachatryan Francisco G. Macedo Ana Makashvili Maylin Martínez-Muñoz Eric Mercadante Luiza Mesesan Schmitz Andreas Michael Nozima Mullabaeva Félix Neto Joana Neto Merve Ozturk Svitlana Paschenko Agnieszka Pietraszkiewicz Charis Psaltis Yuting Qiu Mirjana Rupar Adil Samekin Katharina Schmid Sabine Sczesny Yiwen Sun Annika M. Svedholm-Häkkinen Aleksandra Szymkow Enoch Teye-Kwadjo Claudio V. Torres Luc Vieira Illia Yahiiaiev Vincent Yzerbyt |
| author_facet | Maria-Therese Friehs Patrick F. Kotzur Christine Kraus Moritz Schemmerling Jessica A. Herzig Adrian Stanciu Sebastian Dilly Lisa Hellert Doreen Hübner Anja Rückwardt Veruschka Ulizcay Oliver Christ Marco Brambilla Jonas De keersmaecker Federica Durante Jessica Gale Dmitry Grigoryev Eric R. Igou Nino Javakhishvili Doris Kienmoser Gandalf Nicolas Julian Oldmeadow Odile Rohmer Bjørn Sætrevik Julien Barbedor Franco Bastias Sebastian B. Bjørkheim Aidos Bolatov Nazire Duran Andrej Findor Friedrich Götz Sylvie Graf Anna Hakobjanyan Georgios Halkias Camellia Hancheva Martina Hřebíčková Matej Hruška Shenel Husnu Kamoliddin Kadirov Narine Khachatryan Francisco G. Macedo Ana Makashvili Maylin Martínez-Muñoz Eric Mercadante Luiza Mesesan Schmitz Andreas Michael Nozima Mullabaeva Félix Neto Joana Neto Merve Ozturk Svitlana Paschenko Agnieszka Pietraszkiewicz Charis Psaltis Yuting Qiu Mirjana Rupar Adil Samekin Katharina Schmid Sabine Sczesny Yiwen Sun Annika M. Svedholm-Häkkinen Aleksandra Szymkow Enoch Teye-Kwadjo Claudio V. Torres Luc Vieira Illia Yahiiaiev Vincent Yzerbyt |
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| description | Abstract It is crucial to understand why people comply with measures to contain viruses and their effects during pandemics. We provide evidence from 35 countries (N total = 12,553) from 6 continents during the COVID-19 pandemic (between 2021 and 2022) obtained via cross-sectional surveys that the social perception of key protagonists on two basic dimensions—warmth and competence—plays a crucial role in shaping pandemic-related behaviors. Firstly, when asked in an open question format, heads of state, physicians, and protest movements were universally identified as key protagonists across countries. Secondly, multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses revealed that warmth and competence perceptions of these and other protagonists differed significantly within and between countries. Thirdly, internal meta-analyses showed that warmth and competence perceptions of heads of state, physicians, and protest movements were associated with support and opposition intentions, containment and prevention behaviors, as well as vaccination uptake. Our results have important implications for designing effective interventions to motivate desirable health outcomes and coping with future health crises and other global challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5146df847c4463b96cfe4f4cd9b641a2022-12-22T04:40:11ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-12-0112111510.1038/s41598-022-25228-9Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countriesMaria-Therese Friehs0Patrick F. Kotzur1Christine Kraus2Moritz Schemmerling3Jessica A. Herzig4Adrian Stanciu5Sebastian Dilly6Lisa Hellert7Doreen Hübner8Anja Rückwardt9Veruschka Ulizcay10Oliver Christ11Marco Brambilla12Jonas De keersmaecker13Federica Durante14Jessica Gale15Dmitry Grigoryev16Eric R. Igou17Nino Javakhishvili18Doris Kienmoser19Gandalf Nicolas20Julian Oldmeadow21Odile Rohmer22Bjørn Sætrevik23Julien Barbedor24Franco Bastias25Sebastian B. Bjørkheim26Aidos Bolatov27Nazire Duran28Andrej Findor29Friedrich Götz30Sylvie Graf31Anna Hakobjanyan32Georgios Halkias33Camellia Hancheva34Martina Hřebíčková35Matej Hruška36Shenel Husnu37Kamoliddin Kadirov38Narine Khachatryan39Francisco G. Macedo40Ana Makashvili41Maylin Martínez-Muñoz42Eric Mercadante43Luiza Mesesan Schmitz44Andreas Michael45Nozima Mullabaeva46Félix Neto47Joana Neto48Merve Ozturk49Svitlana Paschenko50Agnieszka Pietraszkiewicz51Charis Psaltis52Yuting Qiu53Mirjana Rupar54Adil Samekin55Katharina Schmid56Sabine Sczesny57Yiwen Sun58Annika M. Svedholm-Häkkinen59Aleksandra Szymkow60Enoch Teye-Kwadjo61Claudio V. Torres62Luc Vieira63Illia Yahiiaiev64Vincent Yzerbyt65FernUniversität in HagenDepartment of Psychology, Durham UniversityFernUniversität in HagenFernUniversität in HagenFernUniversität in HagenGESIS Leibniz-Institut für SozialwissenschaftenFernUniversität in HagenFernUniversität in HagenFernUniversität in HagenFernUniversität in HagenFernUniversität in HagenFernUniversität in HagenUniversity of Milano-BicoccaEsade, Ramon Llull UniversityUniversity of Milano-BicoccaUniversity of CanterburyHSE UniversityUniversity of LimerickIlia State UniversityFernUniversität in HagenRutgers UniversitySwinburne University of TechnologyUniversity of StrasbourgUniversity of BergenUniversité Catholique de LouvainUniversidad Católica de Cuyo/National Scientific and Technical Research CouncilUniversity of BergenAstana Medical UniversityDepartment of Psychology, Durham UniversityComenius University in BratislavaThe University of British ColumbiaThe Czech Academy of SciencesYerevan State UniversityCopenhagen Business SchoolSofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”The Czech Academy of SciencesComenius University in BratislavaEastern Mediterranean UniversityUniversity of Innovative and Social EconomicsYerevan State UniversityUniversity of BrasiliaIlia State UniversityUniversidad Católica de Cuyo/National Scientific and Technical Research CouncilThe University of British ColumbiaTransilvania University of BrasovUniversity of NicosiaNational University of UzbekistanUniversity of PortoUniversidade PortucalenseDepartment of Psychology, Durham UniversityTaras Shevchenko National University of KyivUniversity of BernUniversity of NicosiaDepartment of Psychology, Durham UniversityThe Czech Academy of SciencesM. Narikbayev KAZGUU UniversityEsade, Ramon Llull UniversityUniversity of BernDepartment of Psychology, Durham UniversityTampere UniversitySWPS University of Social Sciences and HumanitiesUniversity of GhanaUniversity of BrasiliaUniversity of StrasbourgTaras Shevchenko National University of KyivUniversité Catholique de LouvainAbstract It is crucial to understand why people comply with measures to contain viruses and their effects during pandemics. We provide evidence from 35 countries (N total = 12,553) from 6 continents during the COVID-19 pandemic (between 2021 and 2022) obtained via cross-sectional surveys that the social perception of key protagonists on two basic dimensions—warmth and competence—plays a crucial role in shaping pandemic-related behaviors. Firstly, when asked in an open question format, heads of state, physicians, and protest movements were universally identified as key protagonists across countries. Secondly, multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses revealed that warmth and competence perceptions of these and other protagonists differed significantly within and between countries. Thirdly, internal meta-analyses showed that warmth and competence perceptions of heads of state, physicians, and protest movements were associated with support and opposition intentions, containment and prevention behaviors, as well as vaccination uptake. Our results have important implications for designing effective interventions to motivate desirable health outcomes and coping with future health crises and other global challenges.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25228-9 |
| spellingShingle | Maria-Therese Friehs Patrick F. Kotzur Christine Kraus Moritz Schemmerling Jessica A. Herzig Adrian Stanciu Sebastian Dilly Lisa Hellert Doreen Hübner Anja Rückwardt Veruschka Ulizcay Oliver Christ Marco Brambilla Jonas De keersmaecker Federica Durante Jessica Gale Dmitry Grigoryev Eric R. Igou Nino Javakhishvili Doris Kienmoser Gandalf Nicolas Julian Oldmeadow Odile Rohmer Bjørn Sætrevik Julien Barbedor Franco Bastias Sebastian B. Bjørkheim Aidos Bolatov Nazire Duran Andrej Findor Friedrich Götz Sylvie Graf Anna Hakobjanyan Georgios Halkias Camellia Hancheva Martina Hřebíčková Matej Hruška Shenel Husnu Kamoliddin Kadirov Narine Khachatryan Francisco G. Macedo Ana Makashvili Maylin Martínez-Muñoz Eric Mercadante Luiza Mesesan Schmitz Andreas Michael Nozima Mullabaeva Félix Neto Joana Neto Merve Ozturk Svitlana Paschenko Agnieszka Pietraszkiewicz Charis Psaltis Yuting Qiu Mirjana Rupar Adil Samekin Katharina Schmid Sabine Sczesny Yiwen Sun Annika M. Svedholm-Häkkinen Aleksandra Szymkow Enoch Teye-Kwadjo Claudio V. Torres Luc Vieira Illia Yahiiaiev Vincent Yzerbyt Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countries Scientific Reports |
| title | Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countries |
| title_full | Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countries |
| title_fullStr | Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countries |
| title_short | Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countries |
| title_sort | warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the covid 19 pandemic evidence from 35 countries |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25228-9 |
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