Stockpiling in the time of COVID-19

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OBJECTIVES: Consistent with behaviour observed in prior crises, individuals are stockpiling supplies during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The goal of this study was to describe stockpiling behaviour in response to COVID-19 and investigate individual predictors of stockpiling.

METHODS: Workers (N = 363, 54.72% male, 44.65% female, 0.63% other; Mage  = 38.41, SD = 12.48, range = 18-78) were recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk and completed a survey about their stockpiling of 13 items, as well as behaviours and opinions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and their political affiliation.

RESULTS: Participants stockpiled, on average, approximately 6 items, and toilet paper was the item most commonly procured. Approximately 25% of the sample acquired a gun or other weapon in response to the pandemic and approximately 20% of participants stockpiled gold or other precious metals. Stockpiling was more commonly observed among individuals who were more conservative, worried more about the pandemic, and social distanced less.

CONCLUSIONS: Individual, societal, and ideological implications are discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

British journal of health psychology - 26(2021), 2 vom: 04. Mai, Seite 535-543

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Micalizzi, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Zambrotta, Nicholas S [VerfasserIn]
Bernstein, Michael H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coronavirus
Hoarding
Journal Article
Pandemic
Panic buying
Public health emergency
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Stockpiling

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Date Completed 23.04.2021

Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/bjhp.12480

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31649352X