DiSEGIM University of Napoli Parthenope &CES-ifo - Center for Economic Studies of Munich, Italy.
Italian Ministry of Culture, Italy.
Soc Sci Med. 2023 May;324:115866. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115866. Epub 2023 Mar 22.
Extant research on COVID-19 suggests that many socio-economic determinants, by affecting personal behavior, have influenced the evolution of the pandemic. In this paper we study the role played in this regard by average levels of self-esteem in the public. There are reasons to believe that both low and very levels of self-esteem may have an effect on the spread of COVID-19, for opposite reasons. On the one hand, people with low self-esteem may not worry enough to behave in the way recommended (and prescribed, through non-pharmaceutical interventions) by the authorities; people with very high self-esteem, on the other hand, may be over-confident and fail to follow the prescriptions, believing that they do not need them. In this study we test this hypothesis by means of a quantitative cross-country analysis, using a hybrid model and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. Our results suggest the existence of a U-shaped relationship between the trend of COVID-19 and average levels of self-esteem in a country.
现有关于 COVID-19 的研究表明，许多社会经济决定因素通过影响个人行为，影响了疫情的演变。在本文中，我们研究了公众平均自尊水平在这方面所起的作用。有理由相信，自尊心过低和过高都可能对 COVID-19 的传播产生影响，原因相反。一方面，自尊心低的人可能不够担心，不会按照当局建议（并通过非药物干预规定）的方式行事；另一方面，自尊心过高的人可能过于自信，不遵守规定，认为自己不需要遵守规定。在这项研究中，我们使用混合模型和罗森伯格自尊量表，通过定量的跨国分析来检验这一假设。我们的研究结果表明，一个国家 COVID-19 趋势与平均自尊水平之间存在 U 型关系。
