Individual differences in behavioural responses to the financial threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors

ADAMUS Magdalena GREŽO Matúš

Year of publication 2021
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Personality and Individual Differences
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886921002919
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110916
Keywords Financial threat Neuroticism Uncertainty intolerance Consumption patterns Coping strategies COVID-19
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Description Using a representative sample of 400 Slovaks, the present study investigated the mediating role of subjective perception of financial threat to the relation between psychological resources and behavioural responses in the adaptation to financial stress posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of structural equation modelling analyses showed that greater neuroticism and uncertainty intolerance were positively related to aggravated perception of financial threat. This, in turn, led to greater willingness to change consumption patterns and use of mostly problem-focused coping strategies. The model remained robust after controlling for chronic financial hardship moderators, including the absence of savings and indebtedness. In contrast, the acute financial hardship caused by the deterioration of one's financial situation during the COVID-19 pandemic showed to significantly moderate the relation between one's psychological resources and perceived financial threat.

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