Vpliv spola in osebnostnih lastnosti na sprejemanje tveganj v povezavi s covidom-19

Belingar, Ana Marija (author), Ličen, Mina (mentor)

Pandemija covid-19 je zahtevala velike spremembe v vsakodnevnem vedenju ljudi. Zdravstvene institucije so vsak dan sporočale informacije, kako preventivno ukrepati in ravnati za preprečitev okužbe. Na voljo je bilo novo, a nepreverjeno cepivo. Hkrati se je javnost soočala z nasprotujočimi in omejenimi informacijami o bolezni in cepivu. Vsak posameznik je sprejemal tvegane odločitve, saj je bil negotov glede možnosti okužbe, učinkovitosti cepiva in njegovih stranskih učinkih ter razvoju novih različic virusa. Teorija obeta (Kahneman in Tversky, 1979) trdi, da se sprejemanje tveganj razlikuje med posamezniki in je odvisno tako od psiholoških kot socioloških dejavnikov. V raziskavi ugotavljamo ali spol in osebnostne lastnosti vplivajo na splošno sprejemanje tveganj, upoštevanje preventivnih ukrepov proti covidu-19 ter cepljenje. Rezultati raziskave kažejo, da je upoštevanje preventivnih ukrepov odvisno od spola. Razlike med cepljenjem in spolom ni zaznati. O vplivu osebnostnih lastnosti na upoštevanje preventivnih ukrepov in cepljenje prek splošnega sprejemanja tveganj, zaradi statistično neznačilnih korelacij, ne moremo narediti konkretnega zaključka.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: teorija obetov, spol, osebnostne lastnosti, sprejemanje tveganj, preventivni ukrepi, cepljenje, covid-19
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Organization: FMF - Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
• Year: 2022
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-140489
• UDC: 519.8
• COBISS.SI-ID: 121851651
• Publication date in RUL: 15.09.2022

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The influence of gender and personality traits on covid-19 risk-taking

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic has required major changes in people's daily behavior. Health institutions surrounded us every day with information on how to take preventive measures and act to prevent infection. A new but unproven vaccine was available. At the same time, the public was faced with conflicting and limited information about the disease and the vaccine. Each individual made risky decisions, as they are uncertain about the possibility of infection, the effectiveness of the vaccine and its side effects, and the development of a new version of the virus. Prospect theory (Kahneman and Tversky, 1979) posits that risk acceptance varies among individuals and depends on both psychological and sociological factors. In research, we determine whether sexual and personality traits relate to generally accepted risks, considering preventive measures against infection with covid-19 and vaccination. Research results show that compliance with preventive measures depends on gender. No difference between vaccination and gender was detected. Due to statistically insignificant correlations, we cannot make a concrete conclusion about the influence of personality traits on the use of preventive measures and vaccination through general acceptance of risk.

• Keywords: Prospect theory, gender, personality traits, risk-taking, preventive measures, vaccination, covid-19