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- The research examines how socio-economic factors, particularly self-esteem levels, influence COVID-19 behaviors and the pandemic's evolution.
- Both low and high self-esteem can lead to irresponsible behaviors regarding health guidelines: low self-esteem individuals may not take precautions seriously, while those with high self-esteem may feel invincible.
- The study uses a cross-country analysis and finds a U-shaped relationship between self-esteem levels and the trend of COVID-19, indicating both extremes may contribute to the virus's spread.
Article Abstract
Extant research on COVID-19 suggests that many socio-economic determinants, by affecting personal behavior, have influenced the evolution of the pandemic. In this paper we study the role played in this regard by average levels of self-esteem in the public. There are reasons to believe that both low and very levels of self-esteem may have an effect on the spread of COVID-19, for opposite reasons. On the one hand, people with low self-esteem may not worry enough to behave in the way recommended (and prescribed, through non-pharmaceutical interventions) by the authorities; people with very high self-esteem, on the other hand, may be over-confident and fail to follow the prescriptions, believing that they do not need them. In this study we test this hypothesis by means of a quantitative cross-country analysis, using a hybrid model and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. Our results suggest the existence of a U-shaped relationship between the trend of COVID-19 and average levels of self-esteem in a country.
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