Put your mask on first to help others: Attachment and sentinel behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lozano, Elizabeth B.; Fraley, R. Chris

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110487

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“…The report by Moccia et al [ 43 ] on the Italian general population used the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) which, unlike the RQ used in the present study, does not measure the dimension of fearful attachment. Finally, the study by Lozano and Fraley [ 44 ] focused on sentinel behavior (only indirectly related to fear of infection) and found that people higher in attachment avoidance were less likely to protect themselves and protect others. We need further research to ascertain how different patterns of insecure attachment are associated with stress and coping during the current pandemic.…”

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Fear of COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: The Role of Neuroticism and Fearful Attachment

Troisi

Nanni²,

Riconi

et al. 2021

JCM

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Fear of becoming infected is an important factor of the complex suite of emotional reactions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Among healthcare workers (HWs), fear of infection can put at risk their psychological well-being and occupational efficiency. The aim of this study was to analyze the role of personality (i.e., the big five traits) and adult attachment in predicting levels of fear (as measured by the FCV-19S) in 101 HWs employed in a COVID-19 university hospital. The three significant predictors retained by the stepwise regression model were age (beta = 0.26, t = 2.89, p < 0.01), emotional stability (i.e., the inverse of neuroticism) (beta = −0.26, t = −2.89, p < 0.01), and fearful attachment (beta = 0.25, t = 2.75, p < 0.01). Older HWs with higher levels of neuroticism and fearful attachment reported more intense fear of COVID-19. Our results can be useful to identify vulnerable subgroups of HWs and to implement selective programs of prevention based on counseling and psychological support.

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Fear of COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: The Role of Neuroticism and Fearful Attachment

Troisi

Nanni²,

Riconi

et al. 2021

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“…However, once presented with at least one positive signal, individuals with different attachment orientations differed in their responses. In addition, and following recent work on attachment and sentinel behavior [43], it could be that anxious individuals are more likely to embrace doctors even in the absence of positive signals to protect themselves and their families. On the other hand, avoidant attached individuals might be more likely to protect themselves first, and in the absence of positive signals are willing to accept any doctor due to the experienced additional cognitive load requiring them to decide on a medical practitioner.…”

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I Need a Doctor, Call Me a Doctor: Attachment and the Evaluation of General Practitioners before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gruda

Kafetsios

2021

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Attachment is a system of threat regulation, and insecure (anxious and avoidant) attachment orientations are important individual difference antecedents to the cognitive and affective attributions of trait inferences. However, little is known about how threat-related contexts, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, influence attachment-related socio-cognitive schemas. Using an experimental research design across two independent samples of 330 (pre-onset of COVID-19) and 233 (post-onset of COVID-19) participants, we tested whether attachment orientations influenced general practitioner (GP) ratings and selection differently pre- and post-onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, when presented with only negative information signals, avoidant individuals attributed positive ratings to GPs, with differing ratings as the number of positive signals increased. Differences between pre- and post-onset of the COVID-19 pandemic were less pronounced with regards to positive signals. We discuss these results in line with signal detection theory (SDT) and provide practical implications in response to our findings.

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“…A growing body of evidence has revealed factors associated with attitudes toward/practice of COVID-19 preventive behaviors (Capraro & Barcelo, 2021;Haischer et al, 2020;Lozano & Fraley, 2021;Masters et al, 2020;Stosic et al, 2021;Xu & Cheng, 2021). It has been shown that demographic variables such as gender and age are linked to attitudes toward/practice of COVID-19 preventive behaviors (Capraro & Barcelo, 2021;Haischer et al, 2020;Masters et al, 2020).…”

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“…It has been shown that demographic variables such as gender and age are linked to attitudes toward/practice of COVID-19 preventive behaviors (Capraro & Barcelo, 2021;Haischer et al, 2020;Masters et al, 2020). Moreover, individual differences in psychological variables are also associated with attitudes toward/practice of COVID-19 preventive behaviors (Lozano & Fraley, 2021;Stosic et al, 2021;Xu & Cheng, 2021). For instance, those who have greater belief in science (Stosic et al, 2021), higher attachment-related anxiety (Lozano & Fraley, 2021), higher need for cognition (Xu & Cheng, 2021), and higher self-control (Xu & Cheng, 2021) report frequent mask-wearing behavior during the pandemic.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, individual differences in psychological variables are also associated with attitudes toward/practice of COVID-19 preventive behaviors (Lozano & Fraley, 2021;Stosic et al, 2021;Xu & Cheng, 2021). For instance, those who have greater belief in science (Stosic et al, 2021), higher attachment-related anxiety (Lozano & Fraley, 2021), higher need for cognition (Xu & Cheng, 2021), and higher self-control (Xu & Cheng, 2021) report frequent mask-wearing behavior during the pandemic. Those who are politically liberal, have a higher need for cognition, and higher self-control were more likely to follow social distancing (Xu & Cheng, 2021).…”

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Scientific literacy linked to attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations: A pre-registered study

Motoki¹,

Saito²,

Terada³

2021

Preprint

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which began in early 2020, is a global public health crisis. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is necessary to promote vaccine administration and preventive behaviors (e.g., mask, handwashing, social distancing). However, some people have negative attitudes toward vaccine administration and preventive behaviors. The present study investigated how scientific literacy and perceived understanding of COVID-19 influence attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations and preventive behaviors. The findings demonstrated that both scientific literacy and perceived understanding of COVID-19 vaccines were positively associated with attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines. Additionally, perceived understanding of COVID-19 preventive behaviors (but not scientific literacy) was positively associated with attitudes toward/practice of COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Collectively, our findings revealed the role of cognitive factors in preventing the global public health crisis and demonstrated the effects of objective and subjective knowledge on attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations and preventive behaviors.

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Put your mask on first to help others: Attachment and sentinel behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

Fear of COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: The Role of Neuroticism and Fearful Attachment

Fear of COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers: The Role of Neuroticism and Fearful Attachment

I Need a Doctor, Call Me a Doctor: Attachment and the Evaluation of General Practitioners before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Scientific literacy linked to attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations: A pre-registered study

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