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Influence of perceived threat of Covid-19 and HEXACO personality traits on toilet paper stockpiling
- Source :
- PLoS One, PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 6, p e0234232 (2020), PLOS ONE, 15(6):e0234232
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Center for Open Science, 2020.
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Abstract
- Following the fast spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) across Europe and North America in March 2020, many people started stockpiling commodities like toilet paper. Despite the high relevance for public authorities to adequately address stockpiling behavior, empirical studies on the psychological underpinnings of toilet paper stockpiling are still scarce. In this study, we investigated the relation between personality traits, perceived threat of Covid-19, and stockpiling of toilet paper in an online survey (N = 996) across 22 countries. Results suggest that people who felt more threatened by Covid-19 stockpiled more toilet paper. Further, a predisposition towards Emotionality predicted the perceived threat of Covid-19 and affected stockpiling behavior indirectly. Finally, Conscientiousness was related to toilet paper stockpiling, such that individuals higher in Conscientiousness tended to stockpile more toilet paper. These results emphasize the importance of clear communication by public authorities acknowledging anxiety and, at the same time, transmitting a sense of control.
- Subjects :
- Male
Economics
Emotions
Social Sciences
050109 social psychology
Hoarding
Geographical Locations
Empirical research
Sociology
Resource Management
Psychology
Big Five personality traits
media_common
Multidisciplinary
05 social sciences
Social Communication
Hygiene
COVID-19
Social communication
Personality
Personality traits
Behavior
Europe
Pandemics
Bathroom Equipment
Anxiety
Medicine
Hoarding (economics)
Female
medicine.symptom
Coronavirus Infections
Social psychology
Research Article
Adult
Paper
Personality Tests
media_common.quotation_subject
Science
Pneumonia, Viral
Models, Psychological
050105 experimental psychology
Emotionality
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Consumer behaviour
Personality Traits
Biology and Life Sciences
Conscientiousness
Consumer Behavior
Communications
Personality Differences
North America
People and Places
Stockpiles
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS One, PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 6, p e0234232 (2020), PLOS ONE, 15(6):e0234232
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9f48b3af7304c3b9ef8fac8246a7feb8