This study explores the effect of Big Five personality traits on behavioral and emotional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality traits of 248 Slovak persons were assessed twice before the pandemic using the Big Five Inventory 2. Behavioral and emotional responses to the pandemic were collected during the first and second pandemic wave (April and September 2020). The results showed a statistically significant decrease in all response domains and in COVID-19 fear between the first and the second pandemic wave, suggesting that psychological adaptation to the pandemic occurred during the interim period. The results identified several meaningful links between the traits and pandemic-related behavior and emotions, especially for neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness. However, the effects of personality were higher for the first pandemic wave, suggesting that these effects vary across time probably because of changes in pandemic perception in the society.

本研究探讨了大五人格特质对 COVID-19 大流行的行为和情绪反应的影响。在大流行之前，使用大五量表 2 对 248 名斯洛伐克人的人格特征进行了两次评估。在第一次和第二次大流行浪潮（2020 年 4 月和 2020 年 9 月）期间收集了对大流行的行为和情绪反应。结果显示，在第一波和第二波大流行浪潮之间，所有反应领域和 COVID-19 恐惧在统计学上都有显着下降，这表明在过渡时期发生了对大流行病的心理适应。结果确定了这些特征与大流行病相关的行为和情绪之间的几个有意义的联系，尤其是神经质、外向性和责任心。然而，