During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, governments set recommendations and restrictions that have given rise to new situations that require residents to deliberate and respond nonautomatically. For highly impulsive individuals, dealing with these situations may be harder, as they tend to deliberate less about the consequences of their behaviors. In this study, we investigate the relationship between impulsivity and delay discounting on the one hand and compliance with COVID-19 restrictions on the other hand. We distinguish between compliance with social distancing measures and compliance with hygiene measures. Regression analyses of an international sample of 6759 students from seven European countries reveal that the self-reported personality construct of impulsivity is negatively related to both types of compliance behavior. However, and unexpectedly, we also find a weak positive association between the discount rate—as measured by a behavioral task—and compliance. Our study highlights the importance of individual differences in impulsivity in regard to compliance with public health measures during a pandemic.

在 2020 年 COVID-19 大流行期间，各国政府制定的建议和限制导致了新情况的出现，要求居民深思熟虑并做出非自动反应。对于高度冲动的人来说，处理这些情况可能会更困难，因为他们往往很少考虑自己行为的后果。在本研究中，我们一方面调查冲动性和延迟折扣与遵守 COVID-19 限制之间的关系。我们区分遵守社交距离措施和遵守卫生措施。对来自七个欧洲国家的 6759 名学生的国际样本进行的回归分析表明，自我报告的冲动性人格结构与两种类型的服从行为呈负相关。然而，出乎意料的是，我们还发现贴现率（通过行为任务衡量）与合规性之间存在微弱的正相关关系。我们的研究强调了在大流行期间遵守公共卫生措施方面冲动的个体差异的重要性。