TY - JOUR
T1 - Intergenerational conflicts of interest and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Jin, Shuxian
AU - Balliet, Daniel
AU - Romano, Angelo
AU - Spadaro, Giuliana
AU - van Lissa, Caspar J.
AU - Agostini, Maximilian
AU - Bélanger, Jocelyn J.
AU - Gützkow, Ben
AU - Kreienkamp, Jannis
AU - Cristea, Mioara
AU - PsyCorona Team
AU - Leander, Pontus
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article: New York University Abu Dhabi ( VCDSF/75-71015 ), the University of Groningen (Sustainable Society & Ubbo Emmius Fund), the Instituto de Salud Carlos III ( COV20/00086 ), and fellowship from China Scholarship Council ( 201806200119 ) awarded to Shuxian Jin.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic presents threats, such as severe disease and economic hardship, to people of different ages. These threats can also be experienced asymmetrically across age groups, which could lead to generational differences in behavioral responses to reduce the spread of the disease. We report a survey conducted across 56 societies (N = 58,641), and tested pre-registered hypotheses about how age relates to (a) perceived personal costs during the pandemic, (b) prosocial COVID-19 responses (e.g., social distancing), and (c) support for behavioral regulations (e.g., mandatory quarantine, vaccination). We further tested whether the relation between age and prosocial COVID-19 responses can be explained by perceived personal costs during the pandemic. Overall, we found that older people perceived more costs of contracting the virus, but less costs in daily life due to the pandemic. However, age displayed no clear, robust associations with prosocial COVID-19 responses and support for behavioral regulations. We discuss the implications of this work for understanding the potential intergenerational conflicts of interest that could occur during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic presents threats, such as severe disease and economic hardship, to people of different ages. These threats can also be experienced asymmetrically across age groups, which could lead to generational differences in behavioral responses to reduce the spread of the disease. We report a survey conducted across 56 societies (N = 58,641), and tested pre-registered hypotheses about how age relates to (a) perceived personal costs during the pandemic, (b) prosocial COVID-19 responses (e.g., social distancing), and (c) support for behavioral regulations (e.g., mandatory quarantine, vaccination). We further tested whether the relation between age and prosocial COVID-19 responses can be explained by perceived personal costs during the pandemic. Overall, we found that older people perceived more costs of contracting the virus, but less costs in daily life due to the pandemic. However, age displayed no clear, robust associations with prosocial COVID-19 responses and support for behavioral regulations. We discuss the implications of this work for understanding the potential intergenerational conflicts of interest that could occur during the COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - Age
KW - COVID-19
KW - Cross-cultural
KW - Prosocial behavior
KW - Social dilemma
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110535
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110535
M3 - Article
C2 - 35502313
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 171
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 110535
ER -
