TY - JOUR
T1 - What should I do and who’s to blame?
T2 - A cross-national study on youth’s attitudes and beliefs in times of COVID-19
AU - Moor, Elisabeth L. De
AU - Cheng, Ting-Yu
AU - Spitzer, Jenna
AU - Berger, Christian
AU - Carrizales, Alexia
AU - Garandeau, Claire F.
AU - Gerbino, Maria
AU - Hawk, Skyler T.
AU - Kaniušonytė, Goda
AU - Kumru, Asiye
AU - Malonda, Elisabeth
AU - Rovella, Anna
AU - Shen, Yuh-Ling
AU - Taylor, Laura K.
AU - Zalk, Maarten van
AU - Branje, Susan
AU - Carlo, Gustavo
AU - Walker, Laura Padilla
AU - Graaff, Jolien Van der
N1 - JvdG received a grant from the Faculty of Social Sciences of Utrecht University to fund data collection (no grant number available). ELdM and SB were supported by a grant from the European Research Council (ERC-CoG INTRANSITION-773023).
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The COVID-19 crisis has had a major impact on youth. This study examined factors associated with youth’s attitudes towards their government’s response to the pandemic and their blaming of individuals from certain risk groups, ethnic backgrounds, and countries or regions. In a sample of 5,682 young adults (Mage = 22) from 14 countries, lower perceived burden due to COVID-19, more collectivistic and less individualistic values, and more empathy were associated with more positive attitudes towards the government and less blaming of individuals of certain groups. Youth’s social identification with others in the pandemic mediated these associations in the same direction, apart from the COVID-19 burden on attitudes, which had a positive indirect effect. No evidence of country-level moderation was found.
AB - The COVID-19 crisis has had a major impact on youth. This study examined factors associated with youth’s attitudes towards their government’s response to the pandemic and their blaming of individuals from certain risk groups, ethnic backgrounds, and countries or regions. In a sample of 5,682 young adults (Mage = 22) from 14 countries, lower perceived burden due to COVID-19, more collectivistic and less individualistic values, and more empathy were associated with more positive attitudes towards the government and less blaming of individuals of certain groups. Youth’s social identification with others in the pandemic mediated these associations in the same direction, apart from the COVID-19 burden on attitudes, which had a positive indirect effect. No evidence of country-level moderation was found.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Attitude
KW - COVID-19/epidemiology
KW - Government
KW - Humans
KW - Young Adult
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0279366
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0279366
M3 - Article
C2 - 36542632
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 17
JO - PLOS ONE
JF - PLOS ONE
IS - 12
M1 - e0279366
ER -