Exploring personality correlates of falsification of Covid-19 lateral flow tests through vignettes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4742770 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Devashish Ray (0000-0003-1822-6334, Newcastle University), Raenhha Dhami (0009-0003-7210-0027, Heidelberg University), Aritra Mukherjee (0000-0002-4531-6047, Newcastle University), Jan Lecouturier (0000-0002-5191-5804, Newcastle University), Laura J Mcgowan (0000-0002-4054-9300, Newcastle University), Ivo Vlaev (0000-0002-3218-0144, University of Warwick), Michael P Kelly (0000-0002-2029-5841, Newcastle University), Falko F Sniehotta (0000-0003-1738-4269, Newcastle University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 2529-2541 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13591053241298034 |
| PMID | 39584494 |
| OpenAlex | W4404699577 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 56 |
Regular testing using rapid antigen lateral flow tests (LFTs) was an important prevention strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, falsification of home LFTs was a concern. Using a large quota-representative sample of adults ( n = 1295) in England, we conducted a vignette survey consisting of four hypothetical scenarios of LFT falsification behaviours (FBs) to examine whether prosocial personality traits were associated with attitudes towards and intentions for falsifying home LFTs during the pandemic. Results show that higher levels of affective empathy for people vulnerable to COVID-19 and Honesty-Humility from the HEXACO model of Personality are associated with non-acceptability of LFT FBs and intentions to not engage with them. However, affective empathy explained more of the variation compared to the facet-level measures of Honesty-Humility for both attitude and intention. Public health communications aimed at encouraging personal protective behaviours should consider the role of empathy and prosocial messages
Altruism (biology · Big Five personality traits · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Developmental psychology · Empathy · Facet (psychology · Honesty · Pandemic · Personality · Prosocial behavior · Vignette · Medicine · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology
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Empirical, Theoretical, and Practical Advantages of the Hexaco Model of Personality Structure
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Empathy-induced altruistic motivation.
The Emotional Path to Action
The Hexaco Honesty-Humility, Agreeableness, and Emotionality Factors
The Functional Architecture of Human Empathy
The theory of planned behavior
Likert scales, levels of measurement and the “laws” of statistics
Personality in a naturally occurring strong situation
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Empathy-Related Responding
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Compassion magnifies third-party punishment
Perspective taking and automatic intergroup evaluation change
Measuring individual differences in empathy
Sensitive questions in surveys
The relation of empathy to prosocial and related behaviors
Personality and prosocial behavior
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First Equals Most Important? Order Effects in Vignette-Based Measurement
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