Social Cohesion Strengthens Compliance With COVID-19 Restrictions: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study Article Swipe

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Islam Borinca , Siobhán M. Griffin , Cillian McHugh , Daragh Bradshaw , Sarah Jay , Jenny Roth , Michael Quayle , Grace McMahon , Alastair Nightingale , Megan Ryan , Aoife‐Marie Foran , Rose Galvin , Eavan G. Muldoon , Orla T. Muldoon ·

YOU? · · 2021 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-923189/v1 · OA: W3205584326

Background: Although citizens in countries worldwide took coordinated steps to support collective public health during the COVID-19 pandemic, the processes that encourage citizens to adhere with COVID-19 restrictions are not fully understood. Method: A three-wave study with a sample of Irish citizens ( N Wave 1 = 1,800) was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to examine the effect of national trust on individual and normative compliance with COVID-19 restrictions directly or indirectly through social cohesion. Two longitudinal mediation models were tested. Results: In the first model, national trust significantly and positively predicted social cohesion, which in turn significantly and positively predicted personal compliance with COVID-19 restrictions. The second model showed a similar pattern, whereby national trust significantly predicted social cohesion, which in turn predicted normative compliance with the restrictions. Conclusions: National trust and social cohesion both work to promote adherence to COVID19 guidelines.