Isham Eve A, Lomayesva Sara
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, 1503 E. University Blvd. Building 68, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States of America.
New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 37100, Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100, United States of America.
Pers Individ Dif. 2022 Feb;186:111321. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111321. Epub 2021 Oct 12.
Mitigation plans during the early stages of COVID-19 provided a unique, antagonistic environment in which drastic changes occurred quickly and did so with minimal freedom of choice (e.g., involuntary transition from in-person to online classroom). As such, individuals of different beliefs and perspectives would respond differently to these mitigations. We examined the interaction between the Present-Hedonistic (PH) perspective and involuntary classroom transition on the belief in free will ( = 131). PH-oriented individuals exhibit a strong desire for choice while also welcome new opportunities and change. Importantly, the perceived freedom of choice and capacity for change also serve as foundational constructs to the belief in free will. Our results revealed that involuntary transition weakened the free will belief in those with lower PH but did not affect those of higher PH orientation. These findings suggest that the interplay between the perception of choice and capacity for change account for how individuals responded to the COVID-19 pandemic mitigation plans.
新冠疫情早期阶段的缓解计划营造了一种独特的、对抗性的环境，在这种环境中，剧烈的变化迅速发生，而且人们几乎没有选择的自由（例如，从面对面授课被迫过渡到线上教学）。因此，持有不同信仰和观点的个体对这些缓解措施的反应会有所不同。我们研究了当下享乐主义（PH）视角与非自愿的课堂过渡对自由意志信念的相互作用（样本量n = 131）。以PH为导向的个体表现出对选择的强烈渴望，同时也欢迎新的机会和变化。重要的是，感知到的选择自由和改变能力也是自由意志信念的基础构成要素。我们的研究结果表明，非自愿过渡削弱了低PH水平个体的自由意志信念，但对高PH取向的个体没有影响。这些发现表明，选择感知与改变能力之间的相互作用解释了个体对新冠疫情缓解计划的反应方式。
