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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Aligning personal and collective interests in emerging adults during the COVID-19 emergency in Italy
Valeria VerrastroA. L. PalermitiMaria Giuseppina BartoloRosalinda CassibbaGiuseppe EliaM.c. PichardoPaolo AlbieroRossella CanalePasquale MussoSonia IngogliaAlida Lo CocoAngela CostabileHarriet R. TenenbaumBethany BurnsNora WiiumRocco ServidioCristiano IngugliaMartyn BarrettFrancesca Ligasubject
AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtySocial PsychologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)media_common.quotation_subjectcivic engagementSense of communitycivic competence; civic engagement; COVID-19; interdependent self-construal; Public Health Emergency Management; Adult; Female; Humans; Italy; Male; COVID-19Structural equation modelingcivic competenceinterdependent self-construalmedicineCivic engagementHumansCompetence (human resources)media_commonEmergency managementbusiness.industryPublic healthCOVID-19InterdependencePublic Health Emergency ManagementItalyFemalebusinessPsychologycivic competence civic engagement COVID‐19 interdependent self‐construal Public Health Emergency ManagementSocial psychologydescription
This study investigated the relations of emerging adults' personal (civic competence and interdependent self-construal) and community-based (sense of community and civic engagement) resources as predictors of appraisal of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) and attitudes toward preventing contagion in Italy. Participants were 2873 Italian emerging adults (71% females) aged 19-30 years (M = 22.67, SD = 2.82). Structural equation modeling revealed both direct and indirect positive associations among study variables. Civic competence and interdependent self-construal were related to sense of community and civic engagement behavior which, in turn, predicted appraisal of PHEM. Appraisal of PHEM in turn predicted attitudes toward preventing contagion. Overall, findings highlight the importance of examining the alignment between personal and collective interests to understand emerging adults' evaluative and attitudinal experiences during a period of crisis, such as that created by COVID-19.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-18 |