Who prioritizes the economy over health? The role of political orientation and human values

Who prioritizes the economy over health? The role of political orientation and human values

One of the main challenges governments faced during the Covid-19 pandemic was to balance economic considerations with protecting the health of people (i.e., economic vs humanitarian motives). In the present study (N = 296), we investigated whether human values, political orientation, and fear of Cov...

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Published in:Personality and individual differences Vol. 179; p. 110890
Main Authors: Coelho, Gabriel Lins de Holanda, Hanel, Paul H.P., Vilar, Roosevelt, Monteiro, Renan Pereira, Cardoso, Fadja Jairles Vieira, Gouveia, Valdiney Veloso
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-09-2021
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Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Decision making
Economic motives
Fear & phobias
Fear of Covid-19
Human values
Humanitarian motives
Humanitarianism
Pandemics
Political attitudes
Political orientation
Selfenhancement
Values
COVID-19
Fear of Covid-19
Political orientation
Decision making
Humanitarian motives
Human values
Economic motives
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Summary:One of the main challenges governments faced during the Covid-19 pandemic was to balance economic considerations with protecting the health of people (i.e., economic vs humanitarian motives). In the present study (N = 296), we investigated whether human values, political orientation, and fear of Covid-19 predicted economic and humanitarian motives. We found that people holding self-enhancement and normative values, had lower levels of Covid-19 fear, and were more right-leaning in terms of their political orientation, tended to prioritize the economy. In contrast, people valuing normative values less, interactive values more, reported higher levels of Covid-19 related fear, and were more left-leaning, tended to prioritize the health of people. Importantly, values explained variance above and beyond political orientation and fear of Covid-19. Together, our findings highlight the importance of values in decision making.
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ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
0191-8869
DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2021.110890