Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk

Nisa, Claudia F and Bélanger, Jocelyn J and Faller, Daiane G and Buttrick, Nicholas R and Mierau, Jochen O and Austin, Maura M K and Schumpe, Birga M and Sasin, Edyta M and Agostini, Maximilian and Gützkow, Ben and Kreienkamp, Jannis and Abakoumkin, Georgios and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Ahmedi, Vjollca and Akkas, Handan and Almenara, Carlos A and Atta, Mohsin and Bağcı, Çiğdem and Basel, Sima and Kida, Edona Berisha and Bernardo, Allan B I and Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit and Choi, Hoon-Seok and Cristea, Mioara and Csaba, Sára and Damnjanović, Kaja and Danyliuk, Ivan and Dash, Arobindu and Di Santo, Daniela and Douglas, Karen M and Enea, Violeta and Fitzsimons, Gavan and Gheorghiu, Alexandra and Gómez, Ángel and Grzymala-Moszczynska, Joanna and Hamaidia, Ali and Han, Qing and Helmy, Mai and Hudiyana, Joevarian and Jeronimus, Bertus F and Jiang, Ding-Yu and Jovanović, Veljko and Kamenov, Željka and Kende, Anna and Keng, Shian-Ling and Kieu, Tra Thi Thanh and Koc, Yasin and Kovyazina, Kamila and Kozytska, Inna and Krause, Joshua and Kruglanski, Arie W and Kurapov, Anton and Kutlaca, Maja and Lantos, Nóra Anna and Lemay Jr, Edward P and Lesmana, Cokorda Bagus Jaya and Louis, Winnifred R and Lueders, Adrian and Malik, Najma Iqbal and Martinez, Anton and McCabe, Kira O and Mehulić, Jasmina and Milla, Mirra Noor and Mohammed, Idris and Molinario, Erica and Moyano, Manuel and Muhammad, Hayat and Mula, Silvana and Muluk, Hamdi and Myroniuk, Solomiia and Najafi, Reza and Nyúl, Boglárka and O'Keefe, Paul A and Osuna, Jose Javier Olivas and Osin, Evgeny N and Park, Joonha and Pica, Gennaro and Pierro, Antonio and Rees, Jonas and Reitsema, Anne Margit and Resta, Elena and Rullo, Marika and Ryan, Michelle K and Samekin, Adil and Santtila, Pekka and Selim, Heyla A and Stanton, Michael Vicente and Sultana, Samiah and Sutton, Robbie M and Tseliou, Eleftheria and Utsugi, Akira and Van Breen, Jolien Anne and Van Lissa, Caspar J and Van Veen, Kees and VanDellen, Michelle R and Vázquez, Alexandra and Wollast, Robin and Yeung, Victoria Wai-Lan and Zand, Somayeh and Žeželj, Iris Lav and Zheng, Bang and Zick, Andreas and Zúñiga, Claudia and Leander, N Pontus (2021) Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk. Scientific Reports, 11 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88314-4

Abstract

This paper examines whether compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures is motivated by wanting to save lives or save the economy (or both), and which implications this carries to fight the pandemic. National representative samples were collected from 24 countries (N = 25,435). The main predictors were (1) perceived risk to contract coronavirus, (2) perceived risk to suffer economic losses due to coronavirus, and (3) their interaction effect. Individual and country-level variables were added as covariates in multilevel regression models. We examined compliance with various preventive health behaviors and support for strict containment policies. Results show that perceived economic risk consistently predicted mitigation behavior and policy support-and its effects were positive. Perceived health risk had mixed effects. Only two significant interactions between health and economic risk were identified-both positive.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Psychology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Conflict Analysis And Resolution
Depositing User:	Çiğdem Bağcı
Date Deposited:	02 Sep 2021 23:13
Last Modified:	03 Sep 2022 18:58
URI:	https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/41784

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