Personality traits and adherence on COVID-19 preventive measures in a two-year follow-up study.

Publication date: Jul 18, 2025

Preventive measures (PM) to avoid disease spread are essential, and personality traits might influence their adherence. To evaluate the impact of personality traits Psychoticism (P), Extraversion (E), and Neuroticism (N) on adherence to COVID-19 PM over time, the mediation of depressive, anxious symptoms and Lie subscale, the moderation of gender and the adjustment of age. A two-year prospective study with 619 participants. We used Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQR-A) for personality and some questions to assess the adherence to PM. We used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the Partial Least Squares (PLS). P had significant negative impact on adherence to all PM (β= - 0. 153- (-0. 125), CI95% - 0. 234-0. 043, p 

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Concepts Keywords
Covid Adherence
Depressive Adult
Modeling Aged
Pm Anxiety
Compliance
COVID-19
COVID-19
Depression
Extraversion, Psychological
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Compliance
Personality
Personality traits
Preventive measures
Prospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Surveys and Questionnaires

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH Neuroticism
disease MESH Anxiety
disease MESH Depression

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