ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Individual Differences in Political Ideology, Disgust Sensitivity, and Risk-Taking Predict Pandemic-Related Behavior

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Personality/Emotion Psychology

  • Elizabeth Gross
    Randolph College
  • Hannah Edwards
    Randolph College

Abstract

Trait and individual differences may be useful in predicting which individuals are more likely to engage in risky pandemic-related behavior. The current study found that individuals who self-reported as conservative, were high in risk-taking, and low in disgust sensitivity were less likely to engage in protective pandemic behaviors.

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