Compassionate goals predict COVID-19 health behaviors during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

We predicted that people with compassionate goals to support others and not harm them practiced more COVID-19 health behaviors during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic to protect both themselves and others from infection. Three studies (N = 1,143 American adults) supported these predictions and ruled out seve...

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Main Authors: Juan Ospina, Tao Jiang, Kennedy Hoying, Jennifer Crocker, Taylor Ballinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255592