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Predicting Covid-19 Behavior: Is It All Due To Political Orientation?, Caleb Potts May 2021

Predicting Covid-19 Behavior: Is It All Due To Political Orientation?, Caleb Potts

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Adherence to COVID-19 preventing measures is becoming increasingly important as governments across the world realize COVID-19 is not an acute, but a chronic problem. There is, however, disagreement over to what extent COVID-19 is a problem. In the United States, the division appears to be primarily along party lines (Democrat and Republican[1]), though even within parties there is division. This division might be explained by differences in: the behavioral immune system and trust in government. Additional factors to examine include: personality, fear of COVID-19, and religious beliefs. The present study used previously validated self-report measures to assess …