Intergenerational conflicts of interest and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jin S. Balliet D. Romano A. Spadaro G. van Lissa C.J. Agostini M. Bélanger J.J. Gützkow B. Kreienkamp J. Leander N.P. Abakoumkin G. Khaiyom J.H.A. Ahmedi V. Akkas H. Almenara C.A. Kurapov A. Atta M. Bagci S.C. Basel S. Kida E.B. Buttrick N.R. Chobthamkit P. Choi H.-S. Cristea M. Csaba S. Damnjanovic K. Danyliuk I. Dash A. Di Santo D. Douglas K.M. Enea V. Faller D.G. Fitzsimons G. Gheorghiu A. Gómez Á. Han Q. Helmy M. Hudiyana J. Jeronimus B.F. Jiang D.-Y. Jovanović V. Kamenov Ž. Kende A. Keng S.-L. Kieu T.T.T. Koc Y. Kovyazina K. Kozytska I. Krause J. Kruglanski A.W. Kutlaca M. Lantos N.A. Lemay E.P., Jr. Lesmana C.B.J. Louis W.R. Lueders A. Malik N. Martinez A. McCabe K.O. Mehulić J. Milla M.N. Mohammed I. Molinario E. Moyano M. Muhammad H. Mula S. Muluk H. Myroniuk S. Najafi R. Nisa C.F. Nyúl B. OKeefe P.A. Osuna J.J.O. Osin E.N. Park J. Pica G. Pierro A. Rees J. Reitsema A.M. Resta E. Rullo M. Ryan M.K. Samekin A. Santtila P. Sasin E. Schumpe B.M. Selim H.A. Stanton M.V. Stroebe W. Sultana S. Sutton R.M. Tseliou E. Utsugi A. van Breen J.A. van Veen K. vanDellen M.R. Vázquez A. Wollast R. Yeung V.W.-L. Zand S. Žeželj I.L. Zheng B. Zick A. Zúñiga C.
March 2021 Elsevier Ltd

Personality and Individual Differences
2021 #171

The COVID-19 pandemic presents threats, such as severe disease and economic hardship, to people of different ages. These threats can also be experienced asymmetrically across age groups, which could lead to generational differences in behavioral responses to reduce the spread of the disease. We report a survey conducted across 56 societies (N = 58,641), and tested pre-registered hypotheses about how age relates to (a) perceived personal costs during the pandemic, (b) prosocial COVID-19 responses (e.g., social distancing), and (c) support for behavioral regulations (e.g., mandatory quarantine, vaccination). We further tested whether the relation between age and prosocial COVID-19 responses can be explained by perceived personal costs during the pandemic. Overall, we found that older people perceived more costs of contracting the virus, but less costs in daily life due to the pandemic. However, age displayed no clear, robust associations with prosocial COVID-19 responses and support for behavioral regulations. We discuss the implications of this work for understanding the potential intergenerational conflicts of interest that could occur during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Age , COVID-19 , Cross-cultural , Prosocial behavior , Social dilemma

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam
Leiden University
Utrecht University
University of Groningen
New York University Abu Dhabi
University of Thessaly
International Islamic University Malaysia
Pristine University
Ankara Science University
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
University of Sargodha
Sabanci University
New York University Abu Dhabi
University of Virginia
Thammasat University
Sungkyunkwan University
Heriot Watt University
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
University of Belgrade
National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv
International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT)
University “La Sapienza”
University of Kent
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Duke University
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
University of Bristol
Menoufia University
Universitas Indonesia
University of Groningen
National Chung-Cheng University
University of Novi Sad
University of Zagreb
Yale-NUS College
HCMC University of Education
Kazakhstan
University of Maryland
Durham University
Udayana University
University of Queensland
Université Clermont-Auvergne
University of Sheffield
Vanderbilt University
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto
University of Cordoba
University of Peshawar
Islamic Azad University
National Distance Education University (UNED)
National Research University
NUCB Business School
University of Camerino (UNICAM)
University of Bielefeld
University of Siena
University of Exeter
International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan
New York University Shanghai
King Saud University
California State University
Nagoya University
Leiden University
University of Georgia
Lingnan University
Imperial College London
Universidad de Chile

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