Volk Anthony A, Brazil Kristopher J, Franklin-Luther Prarthana, Dane Andrew V, Vaillancourt Tracy
Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada.
Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada.
Pers Individ Dif. 2021 Jan 1;168:110398. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110398. Epub 2020 Sep 15.
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.
全球新冠疫情对人类行为和福祉产生了前所未有的影响。人口统计学因素和人格特质已被证明会独立影响个体采取适应性或适应不良的应对方式。然而，迄今为止，研究人员尚未考虑人口统计学和人格如何相互作用以影响新冠疫情应对方式。在一个由516名北美年轻人组成的样本中，我们发现了两种人口统计学因素（即收入和育有子女）以及多种人格特质（由HEXACO模型所捕捉）与适应性和适应不良的新冠疫情应对方式之间的直接联系。我们还发现，人格将更广泛的人口统计学因素（收入、年龄、性别、育有子女）与新冠疫情应对方式间接联系起来。我们鼓励未来关于新冠疫情应对方式的研究不仅要考虑人口统计学和人格的个体贡献，还要考虑它们对个体是否采取或多或少适应性的新冠疫情应对方式的相互依存影响。
