The role of values in coping with health and economic threats of COVID-19

Lemay Jr., Edward P and Kruglanski, Arie W and Molinario, Erica and Agostini, Maximilian and Belanger, Jocelyn J and Gutzkow, Ben and Kreienkamp, Jannis and Reitsema, Anne Margit and vanDellen, Michelle R and PsyCorona, Collaboration and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Leander, N Pontus (2021) The role of values in coping with health and economic threats of COVID-19. Journal of Social Psychology. pp. 1-19. ISSN 0022-4545 E-ISSN 1940-1183 (In Press)

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Abstract

The current research examined the role of values in guiding people’s responses to COVID-19. Results from an international study involving 115 countries (N = 61,490) suggest that health and economic threats of COVID-19 evoke different values, with implications for controlling and coping with the pandemic. Specifically, health threats predicted prioritization of communal values related to caring for others and belonging, whereas economic threats predicted prioritization of agentic values focused on competition and achievement. Concurrently and over time, prioritizing communal values over agentic values was associated with enactment of prevention behaviors that reduce virus transmission, motivations to help others suffering from the pandemic, and positive attitudes toward outgroup members. These results, which were generally consistent across individual and national levels of analysis, suggest that COVID-19 threats may indirectly shape important responses to the pandemic through their influence on people’s prioritization of communion and agency. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	Dr. Jamilah Hanum binti Abdul Khaiyom is collaborative author.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Values; disease; COVID-19; prosocial behavior; prejudice
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM1001 Social psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA644.C67 Coronavirus infections. COVID-19 (Disease). COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom
Date Deposited:	17 Jan 2022 15:47
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2022 15:47
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/96315

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