Effects of Perceived Scarcity on Mental Health, Time and Risk Preferences, and Decision-Making During and After COVID-19 Lockdown: A Quasi-Natural Experimental Study (Preprint) DOI Creative Commons
Haiou Zhu, Fangzhou You, Thorsten Gruber

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Published: Dec. 1, 2024

BACKGROUND The COVID-19 lockdowns led to significant resource constraints, potentially impacting mental health and decision-making behaviors. Understanding the psychological behavioral consequences could inform designing interventions mitigate negative impacts of episodic scarcity during crises like pandemics. OBJECTIVE To investigate effects perceived on (stress fear), cognitive functioning, time risk preferences (present bias aversion), trade-offs between groceries, health, temptation goods after lockdown in Shanghai. METHODS A quasi-natural experiment was conducted Shanghai lockdown. Online surveys were administered May 2022 (during lockdown) September (post-lockdown). Propensity Score Matching (PSM) used balance demographic factors groups (During: n=332; After: n=339). Data analyzed using regression analyses, controlling for potential confounders. RESULTS Perceived significantly higher (mean=7.97) than (mean=4.35; P<.001). Higher associated with increased stress levels both (β=0.62, P<.001) (β=0.65, While functioning remained stable, possibly due a ceiling effect from high education levels, monetary aversion under prolonged (interaction β=4.68, During lockdown, participants allocated more budget groceries (β=0.67, P=.01) less items (β=-0.61, P=.02). CONCLUSIONS study highlights that intensified altered behaviors, including shifts spending priorities. Theoretically, this advances understanding by exploring its domain-specific decision-making. Practically, these findings emphasize need public strategies impact crises, ensure access essential goods, support adaptive

Language: Английский

How public transport users would react to different pandemic alert scenarios in the post-vaccine era? An analysis of preferences and attitudes of the users in the metropolitan area of Naples (Italy) DOI Creative Commons
Fiore Tinessa, Caridad Pontes, Fulvio Simonelli

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Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 190, P. 104301 - 104301

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Effects of Perceived Scarcity on Mental Health, Time and Risk Preferences, and Decision-Making During and After COVID-19 Lockdown: A Quasi-Natural Experimental Study (Preprint) DOI Creative Commons
Haiou Zhu, Fangzhou You, Thorsten Gruber

et al.

Published: Dec. 1, 2024

BACKGROUND The COVID-19 lockdowns led to significant resource constraints, potentially impacting mental health and decision-making behaviors. Understanding the psychological behavioral consequences could inform designing interventions mitigate negative impacts of episodic scarcity during crises like pandemics. OBJECTIVE To investigate effects perceived on (stress fear), cognitive functioning, time risk preferences (present bias aversion), trade-offs between groceries, health, temptation goods after lockdown in Shanghai. METHODS A quasi-natural experiment was conducted Shanghai lockdown. Online surveys were administered May 2022 (during lockdown) September (post-lockdown). Propensity Score Matching (PSM) used balance demographic factors groups (During: n=332; After: n=339). Data analyzed using regression analyses, controlling for potential confounders. RESULTS Perceived significantly higher (mean=7.97) than (mean=4.35; P<.001). Higher associated with increased stress levels both (β=0.62, P<.001) (β=0.65, While functioning remained stable, possibly due a ceiling effect from high education levels, monetary aversion under prolonged (interaction β=4.68, During lockdown, participants allocated more budget groceries (β=0.67, P=.01) less items (β=-0.61, P=.02). CONCLUSIONS study highlights that intensified altered behaviors, including shifts spending priorities. Theoretically, this advances understanding by exploring its domain-specific decision-making. Practically, these findings emphasize need public strategies impact crises, ensure access essential goods, support adaptive

Language: Английский

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