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

Shuxian Jin; Daniel Balliet; Angelo Romano; Giuliana Spadaro; Caspar J. van Lissa; Maximilian Agostini; Jocelyn J. Bélanger; Ben Gützkow; Jannis Kreienkamp; N. Pontus Leander; PsyCorona Collaboration

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

Shuxian Jin, Daniel Balliet, Angelo Romano, Giuliana Spadaro, Caspar J. van Lissa, Maximilian Agostini, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, Ben Gützkow, Jannis Kreienkamp, N. Pontus Leander, PsyCorona Collaboration

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	110535
Number of pages	8
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	171
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110535
Publication status	Published - Mar 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Age
COVID-19
Cross-cultural
Prosocial behavior
Social dilemma

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Jin, S., Balliet, D., Romano, A., Spadaro, G., van Lissa, C. J., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., Leander, N. P., & PsyCorona Collaboration (2021). Intergenerational conflicts of interest and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, Article 110535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110535

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

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