School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
Key Laboratory of Semantic Publishing and Knowledge Service of the National Press and Publication Administration, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 18;19(20):13490. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013490.
Will Chinese people change in terms of their character strengths when disasters strike? As far as the most recent COVID-19 pandemic is concerned, we provide an explorative answer from the impacts of positive traits included in the Values in Action Classification of Strengths upon Chinese people. We conducted a large-scale online survey from 1 January 2019 to 13 February 2020, with 12,878 respondents nationwide, covering all the administrative regions in China and all age intervals. The changes in the 24 character strengths before and during the pandemic were compared. Results revealed a significant increase in teamwork triggered by the pandemic among Chinese people. Fine-grained differences in demographic variables were also examined. Results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly boosted teamwork for both males and females. Concerning age differences, only younger adults (18-25-year-old) showed a significant increase in teamwork. Besides this, it was also discovered that females always performed a higher teamwork tendency than males, and the elderly higher than the younger, regardless of the pandemic.
当灾难来临时，中国人的性格特点会发生变化吗？就最近的 COVID-19 大流行而言，我们从积极特质的影响中提供了一个探索性的答案，这些积极特质包含在行动价值观分类的优势中。我们于 2019 年 1 月 1 日至 2020 年 2 月 13 日期间进行了一项大规模的在线调查，共有来自全国的 12878 名受访者，涵盖了中国所有行政区域和所有年龄区间。比较了大流行前后 24 种性格优势的变化。结果显示，疫情期间中国人的团队合作精神显著增强。还检查了人口统计学变量的细微差异。结果表明，COVID-19 大流行显著增强了男性和女性的团队合作精神。关于年龄差异，只有年轻人（18-25 岁）的团队合作精神显著增强。除此之外，还发现女性的团队合作倾向总是高于男性，老年人高于年轻人，无论是否存在大流行。
