Beyond party lines: the roles of compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception on Americans’ support for coronavirus response measures

Abstract

Employing a nationally representative sample (N ¼ 1009), this research examines Americans' support for coronavirus response measures influenced by three psychological factors-compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception. Results indicate that Republicans, Independents, and Democrats are equally prone to experiencing compassionate goals. Further, two socially oriented emotions (solidarity and sympathy) and risk perception mediate the relationship between compassionate goals and support for government response measures, but only the emotions mediate the relationship between compassionate goals and donation intention. Since compassionate goals promote cooperative behaviors, effective communication messaging highlighting compassionate goals may help alleviate political polarization during crises.

Association of compassion and empathy with prosocial health behaviors and attitudes in a pandemic

“…One study found that people with more prosocial behavior prior to the pandemic reported more intentions to engage in preventive health behaviors early in the pandemic [12]. In a nationally representative sample, compassion for people with COVID-19 was associated with greater endorsement of government response measures to prevent transmission of the virus [13]. Another study looked at a latent construct referred to as "prosocial tendencies", which predicted health behaviors such as mask wearing [14].…”

COVID-19 and Pro-Sociality: How Do Donors Respond to Local Pandemic Severity, Increased Salience, and Media Coverage?

“…Further related papers includeAllen IV et al (2021),Andersson et al (2020), Arroyos-Calvera et al (2021,Grimalda et al (2021),Jeworrek and Waibel (2021),Kiss and Keller (2021),Li et al (2020),Lotti (2020),Mahmoud and Meyer (2021),Müller and Rau (2021),Shachat et al (2021),Sheth and Wright (2020),Wong and Yang (2021), and Yue and Yang (2021).6 See Grossman and Van Der Weele (2017) for charitable giving andDelaney et al (2014) for financial decisions under cognitive load.7 Examples of the latter include changes in behavior after disasters(Filipski et al, 2019;Frey et al, 2011;Hanaoka et al, 2018) or after crises and wars(Adena et al, 2020;Voors et al, 2012).…”

Gambaran Persepsi Risiko Penyebaran Covid-19 di Tempat Kerja Pada Pekerja Hulu Migas di Lapangan Hijau PT. P

“…Persepsi risiko merupakan proses dimana suatu individu menginterpretasikan informasi mengenai risiko yang mereka terima. Persepsi terhadap penularan COVID-19 dapat dipengaruhi diantaranya pengetahuan (5), ketakutan, jenis kelamin, tingkat pendidikan, usia, pekerjaan (6) dan identitas politik (7) (8).…”

“…Melalui tindakan dan perilaku yang terbentuk kemudian muncul pola perilaku dan kebiasaan dalam menghadapi bahaya yang ada di lingkungan mereka (Venables et al, Lavigne et al dalam (12)). Pandemi COVID-19 adalah contoh peristiwa berisiko yang mengandung faktor ini yang dapat menimbulkan emosi yang kuat pada manusia (7).…”