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

Nisa C.F. Bélanger J.J. Faller D.G. Buttrick N.R. Mierau J.O. Austin M.M.K. Schumpe B.M. Sasin E.M. Agostini M. Gützkow B. Kreienkamp J. Abakoumkin G. Abdul Khaiyom J.H. Ahmedi V. Akkas H. Almenara C.A. Atta M. Bagci S.C. Basel S. Kida E.B. Bernardo A.B.I. Chobthamkit P. Choi H.-S. Cristea M. Csaba S. Damnjanović K. Danyliuk I. Dash A. Di Santo D. Douglas K.M. Enea V. Fitzsimons G. Gheorghiu A. Gómez Á. Grzymala-Moszczynska J. Hamaidia A. 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. Kurapov A. Kutlaca M. Lantos N.A. Lemay E.P., Jr. Lesmana C.B.J. Louis W.R. Lueders A. Malik N.I. 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. Nyúl B. O’Keefe 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. Selim H.A. Stanton M.V. Sultana S. Sutton R.M. Tseliou E. Utsugi A. van Breen J.A. Van Lissa C.J. 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. Leander N.P.
December 2021 Nature Research

Scientific Reports
2021 #11 Issue 1

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.

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Department of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO BOX 129188, Saadiyat Island, United Arab Emirates
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States
University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak, Malaysia
Pristine University, Pristine, Serbia
Ankara Science University, Ankara, Turkey
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru
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Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiev, Ukraine
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Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Duke University, Durham, United States
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain
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Menoufia University, Al Minufiyah, Egypt
Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
National Chung-Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Singapore
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Department of Psychology
University of Virginia
University of Groningen
University of Amsterdam
University of Thessaly
International Islamic University Malaysia
Pristine University
Ankara Science University
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
University of Sargodha
Sabanci University
De La Salle University
Thammasat University
Sungkyunkwan University
Heriot Watt University
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
University of Belgrade
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Leuphana University Luneburg
Sapienza University of Rome
University of Kent
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
Duke University
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
Jagiellonian University
University Setif 2
University of Bristol
Menoufia University
Universitas Indonesia
National Chung-Cheng University
University of Novi Sad
University of Zagreb
Yale-NUS College
HCMC University of Education
Independent Researcher
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 Research University Higher School of Economics
NUCB Business School
University of Camerino
Bielefeld University
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
Utrecht University
University of Georgia
Lingnan University
Imperial College London
Universidad de Chile

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