Sex differences in maladaptive emotional and behavioral responses to COVID-19: What is the role of personality?
Anxiety sensitivity
COVID-19
Distress
Impulsivity
Non-adherence
Pandemic
Sensation seeking
Sex differences
Journal
Personality and individual differences
ISSN: 0191-8869
Titre abrégé: Pers Individ Dif
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8006972
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Historique:
received:
10
11
2020
revised:
02
03
2021
accepted:
08
03
2021
pubmed:
25
3
2021
medline:
25
3
2021
entrez:
24
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Males are more non-adherent to public health measures for containing COVID-19 while females experience more COVID-19-related distress. Personality traits may influence both non-adherence and distress. We examined sensation seeking (SS), anxiety sensitivity (AS), impulsivity, and hopelessness as traits potentially associated with non-adherence and distress in response to COVID-19. Furthermore, we sought to understand if known sex differences in SS (male > female) and AS (female > male) may explain sex differences on these two COVID-19 outcomes. In the first month of the pandemic, 400 adults (mean age = 32.16 years; 45.3%F) completed the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale to assess personality. Degree of adherence to public health recommendations and COVID-19-related distress were also measured. Male sex was indirectly related to poorer adherence to stay-at-home advisories via SS, and female sex was indirectly related to higher COVID-19 distress via AS. Personality-targeted interventions may help reduce non-adherence and COVID-19 distress, potentially reducing sex differences.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33758454
doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110834
pii: S0191-8869(21)00209-9
pmc: PMC7973079
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
110834Informations de copyright
© 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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