Nowakowska Iwona
Institute of Psychology, Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland.
Eur J Psychol. 2025 Feb 28;21(1):11-24. doi: 10.5964/ejop.12957. eCollection 2025 Feb.
After two years of obligation to wear masks during the pandemic, in March 2022, the legal requirement was revoked for public spaces (except for medical facilities) in Poland. The aim of the study was to find out how individualizing moral foundations (focused on avoiding harm to others and concern for justice) shaped the intention to wear masks despite the revocation and how binding moral foundations (concentrated on respect for authorities, loyalty to the ingroup, and purity) and consideration of immediate consequences modify this relationship. For exploratory purposes, the same model was also tested for a retrospective declaration about the refusal to wear protective masks when legally required to do so. In both models, gender was controlled. = 557 people from the general population participated in the online survey. Results showed that in the case of intention to wear masks after the obligation was revoked, individualizing moral foundations and female gender were positive predictors. The lower the binding moral foundations and consideration of immediate consequences, the higher the effect of individualizing moral foundations. No interaction effects were found for a retrospective declaration of participants refusing to wear masks during the pandemic. However, positive predictors were male gender, binding moral foundations, and consideration of immediate consequences, whereas individualizing moral foundations were a negative predictor. The results suggest morality plays a role in forming health-related communication. Men should be targeted in order to enhance their acceptance of preventive measures.
在疫情期间强制戴口罩两年之后,2022年3月,波兰撤销了公共场所(医疗设施除外)的法律要求。本研究的目的是了解个体化道德基础(侧重于避免伤害他人和关注正义)如何在撤销要求后塑造戴口罩的意愿,以及约束性道德基础(集中于尊重权威、对群体的忠诚和纯洁)和对直接后果的考量如何改变这种关系。出于探索目的,还对一个关于在法律要求佩戴防护口罩时拒绝佩戴的回顾性声明进行了相同模型的测试。在两个模型中,都对性别进行了控制。共有557名普通民众参与了在线调查。结果显示,在撤销强制要求后戴口罩的意愿方面,个体化道德基础和女性性别是积极预测因素。约束性道德基础和对直接后果的考量越低,个体化道德基础的影响就越高。对于参与者在疫情期间拒绝戴口罩的回顾性声明,未发现交互作用效应。然而,积极预测因素是男性性别、约束性道德基础和对直接后果的考量,而个体化道德基础是一个消极预测因素。结果表明,道德在形成与健康相关的沟通中发挥作用。为提高男性对预防措施的接受度,应将男性作为目标群体。