ArticleCommunications psychology2023
Trust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour.
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- How Authoritative Media and Personal Social Media Influence Policy Compliance Through Trust in Government and Risk Perception: Quantitative Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Employment type and policy compliance with strict measures during public health crises: evidence from self-employed workers in China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A Worldwide Bibliometric Analysis of Published Literature Assessing Fear of COVID-19.Clinics and practice · 2024Article
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Arzu KarakulakIstanbul Policy Center, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. arzuaydinlikarakulak@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-7759
Beyza TepeDepartment of Psychology, MEF University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0246-4995
Radosveta DimitrovaDepartment of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mohamed AbdelrahmanSocial Psychology Department, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8739-1670
Plamen AkaliyskiDepartment of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Rana AlaseelFaculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.
Yousuf Abdulqader AlkamaliUnited Private School, Athaiba, Oman.
Azzam AminSocial Psychology Department, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar.
Danny A Lizarzaburu AguinagaUniversidad César Vallejo, Trujillo, Peru.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1384-4603
Andrii AndresDepartment of Physical Education, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1472-9009
John Jamir Benzon R ArutaDepartment of Psychology, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.
Marios AssiotisTheological School, Church of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Hrant AvanesyanGeneral Psychology Chair, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5987-7830
Norzihan AyubFaculty of Psychology and Education, University of Malaysia Sabah, Sabah, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-0284
Maria Bacikova-SleskovaDepartment of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2004-2622
Raushan BaikanovaAstana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Batoul BakkarFaculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.
Sunčica BartoluciUniversity of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
David BenitezClinical Psychology Department, Albizu University, Miami, FL, USA.
Ivanna BodnarLviv State University of Physical Culture, Lviv, Ukraine.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7083-6271
Aidos BolatovAstana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Judyta BorchetInstitute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Ksenija BosnarUniversity of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Yunier Broche-PérezDepartment of Psychology, Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba.
Carmen BuzeaDepartment of Social Sciences and Communication, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2460-0433
Rosalinda CassibbaDepartment of Education, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Marta Martín CarbonellFaculty of Psychology, Cooperative University of Colombia, Santa Marta, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6337-577X
Bin-Bin ChenPsychology Department, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Gordana Ristevska DimitrovskaHigher Medical School, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola, North Macedonia.
Dương Công DoanhNational Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Alejandra Del Carmen Dominguez EspinosaIberoamerican University, Mexico City, Mexico.
Wassim Gharz EdineFaculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.
Nelli FerencziDepartment of Life Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-6244
Regina Fernández-MoralesPsychology Department, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City, Guatemala.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6516-7093
Jorge GaeteFaculty of Education, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6650-6018
Yiqun GanSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9886-6862
Suely GioloFederal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1185-7483
Rubia Carla Formighieri GiordaniFederal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5698-7981
Maria-Therese FriehsFaculty for Psychology, Fern Universität, Hagen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5897-8226
Shahar GindiFaculty of Education, Beit Berl College, Kfar Sava, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6950-0853
Biljana GjoneskaMacedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, North Macedonia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1200-6672
Juan Carlos GodoyPsychological Research Institute (IIPsi), National University of Córdoba - CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina.
Maria Del Pilar GraziosoUniversidad del Valle de Guatemala, Proyecto Aigle Guatemala, Cdad. de Guatemala, Guatemala.
Camellia HanchevaDepartment of General, Experimental, Developmental, and Health Psychology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria.
Given HapundaPsychology Department, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Shogo HiharaHiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5248-0358
Mohd Saiful HusainUniversity Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Md Saiful IslamDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3979-2423
Anna JanovskáUniversity of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Nino JavakhishviliDimitri Uznadze Institute of Psychology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Veljko JovanovićDepartment of Psychology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9248-2518
Russell Sarwar KabirHiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9853-1314
Nor Ba'yah Abdul KadirCenter for Research in Psychology and Human Well-being, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi Selangor, Malaysia.
Johannes KarlSchool of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Darko KatovićUniversity of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8169-3221
Zhumaly KauyzbaySouth Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Shymkent, Kazakhstan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6368-8506
Tinka Delakorda KawashimaHiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Maria KazmierczakInstitute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Richa KhannaSchool of Human Ecology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Meetu KhoslaUniversity of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Martina Klicperová-BakerInstitute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9333-7339
Ana KozinaCenter for Evaluation Studies, Educational Research Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Steven Eric KraussInstitute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang-Selangor, Malaysia.
Rodrigo LandaburDepartamento de Psicología, Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile.
Katharina LefringhausenDepartment of Psychology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Aleksandra Lewandowska-WalterInstitute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Yun-Hsia LiangDepartment of Education, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ana MakashviliDimitri Uznadze Institute of Psychology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-5362
Sadia MalikDepartment of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Denisse Manrique-MillonesCarrera de Psicología, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4602-5396
Stefanos MastrotheodorosDepartment of Youth and Family, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Breeda McGrathThe Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL, USA.
Enkeleint A MechiliDepartment of Healthcare, Faculty of Health, University of Vlora, Vlore, Albania.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4072-296X
Marinés MejíaUniversidad del Valle de Guatemala, Proyecto Aigle Guatemala, Cdad. de Guatemala, Guatemala.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5387-0251
Samson MhizhaDepartment of Applied Psychology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5958-0834
Justyna Michalek-KwiecienInstitute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6059-2381
Diana MiconiDepartment of Educational Psychology and Andragogy, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Fatema MohsenFaculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.
Rodrigo Moreta-HerreraSchool of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Ambato, Ecuador.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0134-5927
Camila MuhlFederal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4054-6035
Maria MuradyanGeneral Psychology Chair, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0980-9757
Pasquale MussoDepartment of Education, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4725-6551
Andrej NatererUniversity of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
Arash NematKabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Felix NetoDepartment of Psychology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Joana NetoREMIT - Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal.
Luz Marina Alonso PalacioUniversidad del Norte, Division of Health Sciences, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Hassan Okati-AliabadHealth Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Carlos Iván OrellanaSocial Sciences Doctoral and Master Program, Don Bosco University, Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4936-867X
Ligia María OrellanaNúcleo Científico-Tecnológico en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
Sushanta Kumar MishraIndian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0253-1908
Joonha ParkSchool of Management, NUCB Business School, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0764-5173
Iuliia PavlovaLviv State University of Physical Culture, Lviv, Ukraine.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8111-4469
Eddy PeraltaMedicine School, Mother and Teacher Pontifical Catholic University, Santiago, Dominican Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6119-8597
Petro PetrytsaDepartment of Physical Education and Rehabilitation, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine.
Saša PišotInstitute for Kinesiology Research, Science and Research Centre Koper, Koper, Slovenia.
Franjo ProtUniversity of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
José RasiaFederal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.
Rita RiveraClinical Psychology Department, Albizu University, Miami, FL, USA.
Benedicta Prihatin Dwi RiyantiFaculty of Psychology, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Adil SamekinSchool of Liberal Arts, M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Telman SeisembekovAstana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Danielius SerapinasInstitute of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Fabiola SillettiDepartment of Education, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Prerna SharmaClinical Psychology Department, Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Shanu ShuklaIndian Institute of Management Indore, Indore, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5602-8462
Katarzyna SkrzypińskaInstitute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Iva Poláčková ŠolcováInstitute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Olga Solomontos-KountouriTheological School, Church of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Adrian StanciuData and Research on Society, GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany.
Delia StefenelFaculty of Social Science and Humanities, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania.
Lorena Cecilia López SteinmetzPsychological Research Institute (IIPsi), National University of Córdoba - CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6255-4031
Maria StogianniDepartment of Culture Studies, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3238-4331
Jaimee StuartUnited Nations University, Macau, Macau SAR.
Laura Francisca SudarnotoFaculty of Psychology, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Kazumi SugimuraHiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Sadia SultanaDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Angela Oktavia SuryaniFaculty of Psychology, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Ergyul TairInstitute for Population and Human Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2546-463X
Lucy Tavitian-ElmadjanDepartment of Culture Studies, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Luciana Dutra ThomeFederal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
Fitim UkaUniversity of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Prishtina, Kosovo.
Rasa Pilkauskaitė ValickienėInstitute of Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Brett WalterHiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Guilherme W WendtWestern Paraná State University, Francisco Beltrão, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9014-6120
Pei-Jung YangGraduate Institute of Social Work, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ebrar YıldırımYeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5202-6662
Yue YuCentre for Research in Child Development, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Maria Angela Mattar YunesUniversidade Salgado de Oliveira, Niterói, Brazil.
Milene Zanoni da SilvaUniversidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG), Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1177-9668
Maksim RudnevDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2714-3840
Funding
Gates Foundation INV-003092
Abstract
With the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioural scientists aimed to illuminate reasons why people comply with (or not) large-scale cooperative activities. Here we investigated the motives that underlie support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours in a sample of 12,758 individuals from 34 countries. We hypothesized that the associations of empathic prosocial concern and fear of disease with support towards preventive COVID-19 behaviours would be moderated by trust in the government. Results suggest that the association between fear of disease and support for COVID-19 preventive behaviours was strongest when trust in the government was weak (both at individual- and country-level). Conversely, the association with empathic prosocial concern was strongest when trust in the government was high, but this moderation was only found at individual-level scores of governmental trust. We discuss how motivations may be shaped by socio-cultural context, and outline how findings may contribute to a better understanding of collective action during global crises.
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