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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being.
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The contagiousness and deadliness of COVID-19 have necessitated drastic social management to halt transmission. The immediate effects of a nationwide lockdown were investigated by comparing matched samples of New Zealanders assessed before (Npre-lockdown = 1,003) and during the first 18 days of lockdown (Nlockdown = 1,003). Two categories of outcomes were examined: (1) institutional trust and attitudes towards the nation and government, and (2) health and wellbeing. Applying propensity score matching to approximate the conditions of a randomized controlled experiment, the study found that people in the pandemic/lockdown group reported higher trust in science, politicians, and police, higher levels of patriotism, and higher rates of mental distress compared to people in the pre-lockdown pre-pandemic group. Results were confirmed in within-subjects analyses. The study highlights social connectedness, resilience, and vulnerability in the face of adversity, and has applied implications for how countries face this global challenge.
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- Sibley, C. G., Greaves, L. M., Satherley, N., Wilson, M. S., Overall, N. C., Lee, C. H. J., Milojev, P., Bulbulia, J., Osborne, D., Milfont, T. L., Houkamau, C. A., Duck, I. M., Vickers-Jones, R., & Barlow, F. K.
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 2020-07
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 618-630
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W3031537998
- Cited by
- 804
- References
- 69
- FWCI
- 60.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- Funders
- Templeton Religion Trust (TRT0196)
- Australian Research Council (FT150100147)
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