The COVID-19 Framing Dataset: How Secondary Data Can Be Used to Explore Paradoxical Attitudes During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

We present a data set containing data of five cross-cultural framing studies conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic (Austria, Germany, U.K. and U.S.). The dataset covers data on participants' conspiracy mentality, distrust in science, risk aversion, individualism-collectivism and the endorsement of preventive behaviors such as vaccination willingness. In addition, across all studies, we collected data of a newly developed scale measuring paradoxical, anti-prevention attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021). We think that authors interested in the interplay of different traits and COVID-19 attitudes could be interested in the secondary use of the data set, and especially in the newly developed Paradox of Prevention Scale.

Data on COVID-19-related Research Questions Spanning Diverse Disciplinary and National Contexts

“…Further data papers describe datasets that cover the consequences of COVID-19 restrictions for family life and the well-being of parents and children at a more general level (Reim et al, 2022), or that focus on specific behavioural consequences, such as parental behaviour with regard to infant nutrition and infant regulation (Reinelt et al, 2022). The datasets described in other papers address the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on health behaviours and mental well-being (Ingram et al, 2022); widely discussed interindividual factors such as the endorsement of these restrictions, (dis)trust in science, and conspiracy mentality (Schnepf & Groeben, 2022); and psychological correlates of beliefs in conspiracy theories (Hudecek et al, 2022). Edlund and Edlund (2023) further strengthen this area of research by contributing data from replication studies on the effects of empathy and conspiracy beliefs on preventive health behaviours (see discussion above on the dissemination of unqualified knowledge).…”