Change in anti-COVID-19 behavior and prejudice against minorities during the COVID- 19 pandemic: longitudinal evidence from five European countries
Zingora, Tibor ORCID: 0000-0003-4063-7922, Birtel, Michele
ORCID: 0000-0002-2383-9197, Graf, Sylvie
ORCID: 0000-0002-7810-5457, Hrebickova, Martina, Lacko, David
ORCID: 0000-0002-2904-8118, Rupar, Mirjana
ORCID: 0000-0003-0240-7886, Tocik, Jaroslav and Voca, Shpend
(2022)
Change in anti-COVID-19 behavior and prejudice against minorities during the COVID- 19 pandemic: longitudinal evidence from five European countries.
European Journal of Social Psychology.
ISSN 0046-2772 (Print), 1099-0992 (Online)
(doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2928)
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Abstract
In the COVID-19 pandemic, it is vital to identify factors increasing behaviors that limit the transmission of COVID-19 (i.e., anti-COVID-19 behavior) and factors protecting against the negative consequences of the pandemic on societies (i.e., prejudice). A simultaneous investigation of a change in anti-COVID behavior and prejudice during the pandemic is essential because some factors (e.g., fear of COVID-19) could increase both outcomes, whilst other factors (e.g., norms in anti-COVID behavior or intergroup contact in prejudice) could bring desirable changes in one outcome without negatively affecting the other. In a three-wave longitudinal study (NT1 = 4275) in five European countries from April to October 2020, we employed a latent change score model to distinguish between intra- and inter-individual changes in anti-COVID-19 behavior and prejudice. On the intra-individual level, anti-COVID-19 behavior was increased by anti-COVID-19 norms; and prejudice against migrants from the Middle East was influenced by positive and negative direct and mass-media intergroup contact.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | prejudice; covid; intergroup contact; longitudinal |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: | Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM) |
Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2022 17:24 |
URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/38075 |
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