Psychological Reasons for Choosing a Way to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5105-2024-4-51-63
Abstract
Aim. To analyze the psychological characteristics of people who took a middle position in relation to the adoption of the idea of vaccination and the implementation of recommendations for the prevention of coronavirus infection.
Methodology. The participants of the online survey (2,786 people) performed the following methods: the questionnaire “Ideas about the pandemic”, Big Five Inventory-2, the Indicator of D. Amirkhan’s coping strategies, the scale of reactive anxiety of the C. D. Spielberger Anxiety Scale.
Results. Among those who do not actively follow the preventive recommendations, three psychological types have been identified: “responsible”, “average”, “anxious”. Three types were also identified in the group of those who took a neutral position on vaccination: “responsible”, “disorganized”, and “anxious”. Each type is characterized by a specific set of personality traits, coping strategies, and ideas about the pandemic.
Research implications. The revealed psychological heterogeneity of these groups is important in terms of conducting future public health campaigns.
About the Author
V. V. Latynov
Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladislav V. Latynov – Cand Sci (Psychology), Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Psychology of Speech and Psycholinguistics,
13/1, ul. Yaroslavskaya, Moscow, 129366.
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