Browsing by Autor "Radosveta Dimitrova"

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item type: Item ,
    Empathy, Fear of Disease and Support for COVID-19 Containment Behaviors: Evidence from 34 Countries on the Moderating Role of Governmental Trust
    (2023) Arzu Karakulak; Beyza Tepe; Radosveta Dimitrova; Mohamed Abdelrahman; Plamen Akaliyski; Rana Alaseel; Yousuf Abdulqader Alkamali; Azzam Amin; Андрій Андрес; John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta
    <title>Abstract</title> The current study investigated the motives that underlie support for COVID-19 preventive behaviorsin a large, cross-cultural 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 behaviors would be moderated by the individual-level and country-level trust in the government. Results suggest that the association between fear of disease and support for COVID-19 preventive behaviors 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 was high, but this moderation was only found at individual-level scores of governmental trust. We discuss how both fear and empathy motivations to support preventive COVID-19 behaviors may be shaped by socio-cultural context, and outline how the present findings may contribute to a better understanding of collective action during global crises.