Self-Reported Executive Functions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to Loneliness, Social-Distancing Compliance, and Consumer Buying Behavior

The current study investigated how perceived loneliness due to California’s stay-at-home order during the initial stage of COVID-19 affects self-reported executive functions (EF) and how EF is related to social-distancing compliance and buying behavior. Loneliness predicted overall EF, but only the organization of materials subscale of EF predicted social-distancing compliance.