Individual Differences Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Age, Gender, Personality, and Positive Psychology

Gloria Bernabe-Valero; David Melero-Fuentes; Irani I. De Lima Argimon; Maria Gerbino

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.644286

Frontiers in Psychology (Mar 2021)

Individual Differences Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Age, Gender, Personality, and Positive Psychology

Gloria Bernabe-Valero,
David Melero-Fuentes,
Irani I. De Lima Argimon,
Maria Gerbino

Affiliations

Gloria Bernabe-Valero: Mind, Emotion and Behavior Laboratory (MEB Lab), Faculty of Psychology, Catholic University of Valencia Saint Vincent Martyr, Valencia, Spain
David Melero-Fuentes: Information Science and Technology Group, Faculty of Psychology, Catholic University of Valencia Saint Vincent Martyr, Valencia, Spain
Irani I. De Lima Argimon: Postgraduate Program in Psychology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Maria Gerbino: Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.644286
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12

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Research on individual differences in facing the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be crucial in order to design diverse and highly effective intervention strategies. This study uses a sample of 302 North American participants who were recruited through the crowdsourcing platform ProA; different profiles were established, profiling variables of interest in facing the COVID-19 outbreak. Socio-demographic and psychological (personality traits, gratitude, life purpose, and religiosity) variables were explored. These results are of interest if we want to deepen the study of individual differences at both a theoretical and applied level.

Published in Frontiers in Psychology

ISSN: 1664-1078 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology

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