Józefa Brągiel, Beata Górnicka (red.), Rodzicielstwo – wybrane aspekty funkcjonowania, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, Opole 2021

Attitudes towards globalization, life satisfaction, and fear of covid-19 infection. Comparison of emerging and older adults

Attitudes toward globalization are shaped by people’s direct experience with it. The COVID-19 pandemic can arguably be understood as a negative manifestation of globalization. The purpose of this study was to examine whether fear of COVID-19 infection and life satisfaction could be predictors of attitudes toward globalization. The study was crosssectional in nature and utilized intergroup comparison analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. Emerging adults (n = 157) and seniors (n = 119) were compared. Higher levels of accepting attitudes toward globalization were observed among the emerging adults, while a fear of contracting COVID-19 was found to be higher among seniors. In both stud…