Jasielska Dorota, Rajchert Joanna, Nowakowska Iwona
Institute of Psychology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Szczęśliwicka 40, 02-353 Warsaw, Poland.
Curr Psychol. 2022 May 13:1-6. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03154-3.
A vast number of studies have shown that trust is related to socially desirable traits and behaviors. In the present research we have investigated the relationship between generalized trust and beliefs about the importance of socially responsible behaviors (SRB) during the pandemic - namely, following the sanitary regime and getting vaccinated. Basing on the previous findings we assumed that trustful people would be more convinced of the benefits of complying with the pandemic restrictions and getting vaccinated. The hypothesis stated that people with high levels of trust who had COVID-19 or whose close persons had been infected would be the most likely to believe in socially responsible behaviors. We recruited 405 people from the general population (age range 18-65) to participate in an online study conducted via a research platform. The analysis using linear regression has shown that people, whose close persons had suffered from COVID-19 were more inclined to believe in the importance of SRB. The level of trust also predicted the beliefs about the importance of socially responsible behaviors in mitigating the pandemic. Trust was positively related to SRB, except for people whose close persons had been infected with COVID-19. Regardless of the level of trust, people with such experience tended to assess SRB as important to combat the pandemic. These results have shed light on the importance of trust in developing the strategy of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
大量研究表明，信任与社会期望的特质和行为相关。在本研究中，我们调查了在疫情期间，广义信任与对社会责任行为（SRB）重要性的信念之间的关系——即遵守卫生制度和接种疫苗。基于先前的研究结果，我们假设信任他人的人会更坚信遵守疫情限制措施和接种疫苗的益处。该假设表明，感染过新冠病毒或其亲密接触者感染过新冠病毒的高信任度人群，最有可能相信社会责任行为。我们从普通人群（年龄范围18 - 65岁）中招募了405人，参与通过一个研究平台进行的在线研究。使用线性回归的分析表明，其亲密接触者感染过新冠病毒的人更倾向于相信社会责任行为的重要性。信任水平也预测了对社会责任行为在缓解疫情方面重要性的信念。除了亲密接触者感染过新冠病毒的人之外，信任与社会责任行为呈正相关。无论信任水平如何，有过这种经历的人往往认为社会责任行为对抗击疫情很重要。这些结果揭示了信任在制定抗击新冠疫情策略中的重要性。
