Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour
Karakulak, Arzu, Tepe, Beyza, Dimitrova, Radosveta, Abdelrahman, Mohamed, Akaliyski, Plamen, Stuart, Jaimee and et al, (2023). Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour. Communications Psychology, 1(43), n/a-n/a
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Sub-type Journal article Author Karakulak, Arzu
Tepe, Beyza
Dimitrova, Radosveta
Abdelrahman, Mohamed
Akaliyski, Plamen
Stuart, Jaimee
et alTitle Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour Appearing in Communications Psychology Volume 1 Issue No. 43 Publication Date 2023-12 Place of Publication Online Publisher Nature Publishing Group Start page n/a End page n/a Language eng Abstract With the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioural scientists aimed to illuminate reasons why people comply with (or not) large-scale cooperative activities. Here we investigated the motives that underlie support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours in a sample of 12,758 individuals from 34 countries. We hypothesized that the associations of empathic prosocial concern and fear of disease with support towards preventive COVID-19 behaviours would be moderated by trust in the government. Results suggest that the association between fear of disease and support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours was strongest when trust in the government was weak (both at individual- and country-level). Conversely, the association with empathic prosocial concern was strongest when trust in the government was high, but this moderation was only found at individual-level scores of governmental trust. We discuss how motivations may be shaped by socio-cultural context, and outline how findings may contribute to a better understanding of collective action during global crises. Copyright Holder The Author(s) Copyright Year 2023 Copyright type Creative commons DOI 10.1038/s44271-023-00046-5 -
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