Schneider, Iris K. ORCID: 0000-0003-0915-0809, Dorrough, Angela R.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5645-949X and Frank, Celine
ORCID: 0000-0002-4583-4119
(2021).
Ambivalence and Self-Reported Adherence to Recommendations to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19.
Soc. Psychol., 52 (6).
S. 362 - 375.
BOSTON:
HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP.
ISSN 2151-2590
Abstract
Governments worldwide still, to some extent, rely on behavioral recommendations to reduce the spread of COV1D-19. We examine the role of ambivalence toward both the specific recommendations (micro-ambivalence) and the pandemic as a whole (macro-ambivalence) about compliance. We predict that micro ambivalence relates negatively, whereas macro ambivalence relates positively to self-reported adherence to recommendations. We present two studies (N = 691) supporting our hypotheses: the more ambivalent people are toward the behavioral recommendations (micro-level), the less they report following them. Conversely, the more ambivalent people are about the pandemic as a whole (macro-levet), the more they report following recommendations. Our findings were replicated in a US sample and a representative German sample.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-562133 | ||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000465 | ||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Soc. Psychol. | ||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 362 - 375 | ||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP | ||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | BOSTON | ||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2151-2590 | ||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Center of Excellence C-SEB |
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Subjects: | Psychology | ||||||||||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56213 |
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