INTERDEPENDENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERCEPTIONS OF COVID-19 WITH THE ADAPTIVE PANDEMIC RESPONSE
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-7235-2022-2-47-59
Abstract
Aim. Analysis of the relationship between individual psychological characteristics and ideas about COVID-19 and adaptive response (implementation of preventive measures and vaccination support) in a pandemic situation.
Methodology. The online survey involved 2786 people (33.1% of men and 66.9% of women) aged 14 to 82 from different regions of Russia. Respondents performed the following techniques: the Big Five Inventory-2 test, The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) by C.D. Spielberger, The Coping Strategy Indicator (CSI) by J.H. Amirkhan; author’s technique “Ideas about the pandemic”.
Results. The pandemic perceptions (vulnerability to the coronavirus, self-efficacy, pandemic impact assessments, awareness of COVID-19 and its causes) were found to be prerequisites for the implementation of prevention measures and a positive attitude towards vaccination. Personality traits and coping strategies have also been shown to predict adaptive responses to the pandemic.
Research implications. The results of the study contribute to the study of the problem of psychological adaptation of people to the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 20-04-60301 “The influence of the psychological characteristics of a person, detected with the help of digital traces, on his attitude to the problem of COVID-19, perception of information and network activity”.
About the Authors
A. M. Borisova
Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anastasya M. Borisova – Researcher, Laboratory of Psychology of Personality
ul. Yaroslavskaya 13-1, Moscow, 129366
T. A. Kubrak
Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tina A. Kubrak – cand. Sci. (Psychology), Senior Researcher of Laboratory of Psychology of Speech and Psycholinguistics
ul. Yaroslavskaya 13-1, Moscow, 129366
V. V. Latynov
Institute of Psychology, 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
ul. Yaroslavskaya 13-1, Moscow, 129366
A. V. Makhnach
Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandr V. Makhnach – dr Sci. (Psychology), Prof., chief Researcher, deputy director for Science
ul. Yaroslavskaya 13-1, Moscow, 129366
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