Universität zu Köln

Schmiedeberg, Claudia ORCID: 0000-0002-6015-0460 and Thoennissen, Carolin (2021). Positive and negative perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic: Does personality play a role? Soc. Sci. Med., 276. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 1873-5347

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Abstract

Objective: The lockdown measures following the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, intended to slow the spread of the virus, forced a sudden and dramatic change to most everyday lives. However, not all individuals may have been affected in the same way. In addition to situational factors such as occupation, family status, and health, personality traits may affect how individuals experienced the initial crisis. Methods: Using data from the pairfam COVID-19 survey, an online survey of the participants of the German Family Panel pairfam conducted from May to July 2020, as well as personality data from the pairfam panel data, this study analyzes whether the Big Five personality traits influence the degree to which young and middle-aged individuals (16?49 years old) felt negatively affected by and were able to see any benefits of the initial COVID-19 lockdown in Germany. Results: While neuroticism is linked to a more negative perception of the restrictions to daily life, openness to experiences is associated with more positive perceptions of the situation. Like neuroticism, extraversion is also associated with a more negative perception, but only among respondents without a partner. For respondents with a romantic partner, no association was found. Conclusion: Results confirm that personality plays a role in individual perceptions of the pandemic situation. Moreover, they show that most individuals perceived not only negative but also positive aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic situation in 2020.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schmiedeberg, Claudia UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6015-0460 UNSPECIFIED Thoennissen, Carolin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-574362
DOI:	10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113859
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Sci. Med.
Volume:	276
Date:	2021
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1873-5347
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SYMPTOMS; EMOTION; PAIRFAM; CONTEXT; TRAITS; MODEL Multiple languages Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Social Sciences, Biomedical Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/57436