Kanazawa Satoshi
Department of Management London School of Economics and Political Science London UK.
J Community Appl Soc Psychol. 2022 Jul-Aug;32(4):786-795. doi: 10.1002/casp.2578. Epub 2021 Oct 27.
This paper takes advantage of a unique dataset with a prospectively longitudinal, nationally representative sample ( = 5,178) that began in 1958 and has information on COVID-19 health status in 2020 to examine the effect of Big Five personality traits on compliance with social distancing requirements and contraction of COVID-19. The results show some consistency with epidemiological recommendations (Conscientious individuals were more likely to maintain social distance and less likely to contract COVID-19; men were less likely to comply and more likely to contract) but more inconsistency (Agreeable individuals were more likely to comply with social distancing requirements yet more likely to contract COVID-19; Open and Neurotic individuals were no less likely to comply yet more likely to contract COVID-19). The results highlight the importance of Big Five personality factors for behaviour in the global pandemic and may call into question the universal effectiveness of social distancing requirements for all individuals. However, the small number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 during the early months of the pandemic requires caution in interpretation of the results. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.
本文利用了一个独特的数据集，该数据集来自一个前瞻性纵向、具有全国代表性的样本（n = 5178），始于1958年，并包含2020年新冠病毒健康状况的信息，以研究大五人格特质对遵守社交距离要求和感染新冠病毒的影响。结果显示出与流行病学建议的一些一致性（尽责的个体更有可能保持社交距离，感染新冠病毒的可能性较小；男性遵守规定的可能性较小，感染的可能性较大），但也存在更多不一致之处（随和的个体更有可能遵守社交距离要求，但感染新冠病毒的可能性更大；开放型和神经质型个体遵守规定的可能性并不小，但感染新冠病毒的可能性更大）。这些结果凸显了大五人格因素在全球疫情中对行为的重要性，并可能让人质疑社交距离要求对所有个体的普遍有效性。然而，在疫情早期几个月新冠病毒确诊病例数量较少，这需要谨慎解读结果。请参考补充材料部分以找到本文的社区和社会影响声明。
