The role of affect, satisfaction and internal drive on personal moral norms during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Societies require prosocial activities during crises. The COVID-19 pandemic presents individuals with unique challenges that may affect their emotional state leading to reformed personal moral norms. Crucially, personal moral norms are important predictors of moral behaviour. Given the longevity of the pandemic, studying its impact on affect, satisfaction and internal drive of (non-)donors during COVID-19 and if personal moral norms are affected is paramount.

Material and methods

This study relies on longitudinal data, consisting of six waves carried out biweekly. Our panel is representative for the German population, capturing changes in affect, satisfaction, internal drive and personal moral norms. We compare the emotional state and personal moral

SUBMITTER: Veseli B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8250538 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature