@article{1a438b6ad9e14d6f881f1d08f99921f6,
title = "Appealing to economic (vs. health) risk may be more effective to fight COVID-19: A multilevel analysis in 24 countries",
abstract = "This paper examines whether compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures is motivated by wanting to save lives or save the economy (or both), and which implications this carries to fight the pandemic. National representative samples were collected from 24 countries (N=25,435). The main predictors were (i) perceived risk to contract coronavirus, (ii) perceived risk to suffer economic losses due to coronavirus, and (iii) their interaction effect. Individual and country-level variables were added as covariates in multilevel regression models. We examined compliance with various preventive health behaviors and support for strict containment policies. Results show that perceived economic risk consistently predicted mitigation behavior and policy support - and its effects were positive. Perceived health risk had mixed effects. Only two significant interactions between health and economic risk were identified – both positive. These results do not corroborate the view that people engage in health versus economy zero-sum thinking in the fight against COVID-19.",
keywords = "Coronavirus, Covid-19, Mitigation, Risk, Health, economic, health behavior, motivation, zero-sum",
author = "Claudia Nisa and Belanger, {Jocelyn J.} and Daiane Faller and Jochen Mierau and Maura Austin and Nicholas Buttrick and Schumpe, {Birga M.} and Sasin, {Edyta M.} and Max Agostini and Ben G{\"u}tzkow and Jannis Kreienkamp and Georgios Abakoumkin and {Hanum Abdul Khaiyom}, Jamilah and Vjollca Ahmedi and Handan Akkas and Almenara, {Carlos A} and Mohsin Atta and Bagci, {S. Cigdem} and Sima Basel and Nicholas Buttrick and Phatthanakit Chobthamkit and Anton Kurapov and Hoon-Seok Choi and Mioara Cristea and Sara Csaba and Kaja Damnjanovic and Ivan Danyliuk and Arobindu Dash and {Di Santo}, Daniela and Douglas, {Karen M.} and Violeta Enea and Berisha Kida and Fitzsimons, {Gavan J.} and Alexandra Gheorghiu and {\'A}ngel G{\'o}mez and Jeronimus, {Bertus F.} and Joshua Krause and Kruglanski, {Arie W.} and Maja Kutlaca and Najma Malik and Kira McCabe and Solomiia Myroniuk and Reitsema, {Anne Margit} and {Breen ,van}, Jolien and {Van Lissa}, {C. J.} and {Bles, van der}, {Anne Marthe} and {Veen, van}, Kees and Michelle vanDellen and Bang Zheng and R. Sutton and Pontus Leander",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.31234/osf.io/tkq5r",
language = "English",
journal = "PsyArXiv Preprints",
publisher = "Cornell University Press",
}