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Code and R Markdown for: Will COVID-19-related economic worries superimpose virus-related worries, reducing nonpharmaceutical intervention acceptance in Germany?

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Rosman, Tom
Kerwer, Martin
Steinmetz, Holger
Chasiotis, Anita
Wedderhoff, Oliver
Betsch, Cornelia
Bosnjak, Michael

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Code and R Markdown for: Rosman, T., Kerwer, M., Steinmetz, H., Chasiotis, A., Wedderhoff, O., Betsch, C., Bosnjak, M. (2021). Will COVID-19-related economic worries superimpose virus-related worries, reducing nonpharmaceutical intervention acceptance in Germany? A prospective pre-registered study. International Journal of Psychology, 56(4), 607-622. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12753
Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPI) such as stay-at-home orders aim at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus, SARS-COV-2. In March 2020, a large proportion of the German population supported such interventions. In this article, we analyse whether the support for NPI dwindle with economic worries superimposing virus-related worries in the months to follow. We test seven pre-registered hypotheses using data from the German COSMO survey (Betsch, Wieler, Habersaat, et al. 2020), which regularly monitors behavioural and psychological factors related to the pandemic. The present article covers the period from March 24, 2020 to July 7, 2020 (N total = 13,094), and, in addition, includes a validation study providing evidence for the reliability and validity of the corresponding COSMO measures (N = 612). Results revealed that virus-related worries decreased over time, whereas economic worries remained largely constant. Moreover, the acceptance of NPIs considerably decreased over time. Virus-related worries were positively associated with acceptance of NPIs, whereas this relationship was negative regarding economic worries (albeit smaller and less consistent). Unexpectedly, no interactions between virus-related worries and economic worries were found. We conclude that individual differences in virus-related and economic threat perceptions related to COVID-19 play an important role in the acceptance of NPIs.

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COVID-19 Nonpharmaceutical interventions Social distancing Virus-related worries Economic worries

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2021-02-18

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PsychArchives

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Rosman, T., Kerwer, M., Steinmetz, H., Chasiotis, A., Wedderhoff, O., Betsch, C., & Bosnjak, M. (2021). Code and R Markdown for: Will COVID-19-related economic worries superimpose virus-related worries, reducing nonpharmaceutical intervention acceptance in Germany? PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.4582
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Rosman, Tom
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kerwer, Martin
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Steinmetz, Holger
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Chasiotis, Anita
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Wedderhoff, Oliver
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Betsch, Cornelia
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Bosnjak, Michael
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2021-02-18T10:20:52Z
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    2021-02-18T10:20:52Z
  • Date of first publication
    2021-02-18
  • Abstract / Description
    Code and R Markdown for: Rosman, T., Kerwer, M., Steinmetz, H., Chasiotis, A., Wedderhoff, O., Betsch, C., Bosnjak, M. (2021). Will COVID-19-related economic worries superimpose virus-related worries, reducing nonpharmaceutical intervention acceptance in Germany? A prospective pre-registered study. International Journal of Psychology, 56(4), 607-622. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12753
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  • Abstract / Description
    Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPI) such as stay-at-home orders aim at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus, SARS-COV-2. In March 2020, a large proportion of the German population supported such interventions. In this article, we analyse whether the support for NPI dwindle with economic worries superimposing virus-related worries in the months to follow. We test seven pre-registered hypotheses using data from the German COSMO survey (Betsch, Wieler, Habersaat, et al. 2020), which regularly monitors behavioural and psychological factors related to the pandemic. The present article covers the period from March 24, 2020 to July 7, 2020 (N total = 13,094), and, in addition, includes a validation study providing evidence for the reliability and validity of the corresponding COSMO measures (N = 612). Results revealed that virus-related worries decreased over time, whereas economic worries remained largely constant. Moreover, the acceptance of NPIs considerably decreased over time. Virus-related worries were positively associated with acceptance of NPIs, whereas this relationship was negative regarding economic worries (albeit smaller and less consistent). Unexpectedly, no interactions between virus-related worries and economic worries were found. We conclude that individual differences in virus-related and economic threat perceptions related to COVID-19 play an important role in the acceptance of NPIs.
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  • Citation
    Rosman, T., Kerwer, M., Steinmetz, H., Chasiotis, A., Wedderhoff, O., Betsch, C., & Bosnjak, M. (2021). Code and R Markdown for: Will COVID-19-related economic worries superimpose virus-related worries, reducing nonpharmaceutical intervention acceptance in Germany? PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.4582
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/4092
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4582
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
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  • Is referenced by
    https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12753
  • Is related to
    https://www.psycharchives.org/handle/20.500.12034/4091
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12753
  • Keyword(s)
    COVID-19
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  • Keyword(s)
    Nonpharmaceutical interventions
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  • Keyword(s)
    Social distancing
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  • Keyword(s)
    Virus-related worries
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  • Keyword(s)
    Economic worries
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Code and R Markdown for: Will COVID-19-related economic worries superimpose virus-related worries, reducing nonpharmaceutical intervention acceptance in Germany?
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