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BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Personality and Social Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1389672

Personality Factors and Pandemic-Related Behaviors

Provisionally accepted
Jessica Williamson Jessica Williamson *
  • California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, United States

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    The purpose of the current study was to determine whether there are personality differences (the HEXACO model, narcissism, sadism, compassion for others) in mask-wearing, social distancing, and hoarding. Findings: Those who always wore masks were significantly higher in compassion for others and significantly lower in sadism compared to those who did not always wear masks. Those who always socially distanced (compared to those who did not) were significantly higher in openness, compassion for others, and conscientiousness. Those who hoarded were significantly lower in agreeableness than those who did not hoard. Conclusions: Perhaps physicians may use information to boost states of altruistic-type traits (agreeableness, compassion for others) while educating patients during visits in order to increase the likelihood of receiving vaccinations or booster shots.

    Keywords: COVID-19, Compassion for others, narcissism, psychopathy, Personality

    Received: 21 Feb 2024; Accepted: 18 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Williamson. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Jessica Williamson, California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, United States

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