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The influence of demographics and personality on COVID-19 coping in young adults

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Volk, Anthony A., Brazil, Kristopher J., Franklin-Luther, Prarthana, Dane, Andrew V., Vaillancourt, Tracy·2021·Personality and Individual Differences

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The global COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented effect on human behavior and well-being. Demographic factors and personality traits have been shown to independently influence whether individuals adopt adaptive or maladaptive coping responses. However, to date, researchers have not considered how demographics and personality could interact to influence COVID-19 coping responses. In a sample of 516 North American young adults, we found direct links from two demographic factors (i.e., income and having children) and from multiple personality traits (as captured by the HEXACO model) to adaptive and maladaptive COVID-19 coping responses. We also found that personality indirectly linked a broader range of demographic factors (income, age, gender, having children) with COVID-19 coping responses. We encourage future research on COVID-19 coping responses to consider not just the individual contributions of demographics and personality, but their interdependent influence on whether individuals adopt more or less adaptive COVID-19 pandemic coping responses.

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Authors: Volk, A. A., Brazil, K. J., Franklin-Luther, P., Dane, A. V., & Vaillancourt, T.
Affiliations: Brock University (CA)
University of Ottawa (CA)
Corresponding author: Volk, Anthony A.
ORCID: Volk, Anthony A.
Brazil, Kristopher J.
Dane, Andrew V.
Vaillancourt, Tracy
Venue: Personality and Individual Differences
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2021-01
Volume: 168
Pages: 110398
ISSN: 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110398
PMC: PMC7492069
OpenAlex: W3084882955
Cited by: 120
References: 66
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 37
FWCI: 9.11
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Language: en
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Funders: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords: young adults, HEXACO personality, demographic factors, income, having children, adaptive coping, maladaptive coping, gender differences, age differences

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