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Stockpiling during the COVID-19 pandemic as a real-life social dilemma: a person-situation perspective

Prior research using economic games has shown that personality drives cooperation in social dilemmas. In this study, we tested the generalizability of these findings in a real-life social dilemma during the COVID-19 pandemic, namely stockpiling in the presence of low versus high resource scarcity. H...

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Main Authors: Fischer, Moritz (Author) , Twardawski, Mathias (Author) , Steindorf, Lena (Author) , Thielmann, Isabel (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 10 February 2021
In: Journal of research in personality
Year: 2021, Volume: 91, Pages: 1-13
ISSN:0092-6566
DOI:10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104075
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104075
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009265662100012X
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Author Notes:Moritz Fischer, Mathias Twardawski, Lena Steindorf, Isabel Thielmann
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Summary:Prior research using economic games has shown that personality drives cooperation in social dilemmas. In this study, we tested the generalizability of these findings in a real-life social dilemma during the COVID-19 pandemic, namely stockpiling in the presence of low versus high resource scarcity. Honesty-Humility was negatively related to stockpiling intentions and justifiability of stockpiling. Moreover, we found a positive albeit weaker effect of Emotionality on stockpiling intentions. Victim Sensitivity was mostly positively associated with stockpiling intentions. None of the personality traits interacted with resource scarcity to predict stockpiling. Our findings replicate established associations between personality and cooperation in a real-life social dilemma, and suggest that the characteristics of interdependent situations during a pandemic additionally afford the expression of Emotionality.
Item Description:Gesehen am 12.05.2021
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:0092-6566
DOI:10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104075

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