This article explores how emotions connected to the Government's handling of the Covid-19 outbreak in Sweden relates to behaviors to stop the spread of the virus, and which emotions functions as mediators in this relationship. The Swedish approach to handling the outbreak greatly differed from how many other Western European countries handled the situation and thus makes an important case to study. In a large representative survey (N = 2449), we found that satisfaction with how the Government handled the situation was related to more positive and less negative emotions. Anxiety, compassion and pride mediated the effect of satisfaction on compliance with the national recommendations such that anxiety and compassion increased compliance, while pride decreased it. Importantly though, satisfaction increased compassion and pride, but only compassion led to more compliant behaviors. In fact, satisfaction was indirectly related to less compliant behaviors via anxiety and pride. Shame mediated the effect on the tendency to wear face masks, a behavior that was explicitly not endorsed by the Swedish Public Health Agency. We speculate if the face mask, which was intensely debated, became a politicized symbol of dissatisfaction with the Swedish approach. In sum, it seems that individuals who were dissatisfied with how the government handled the Covid-19 outbreak were in fact engaging more in health-promotional behaviors to stop the spread of the virus.

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焦虑、同情和骄傲。政府处理 Covid-19 引发的情绪如何影响促进健康的行为。

本文探讨了与瑞典政府处理 Covid-19 疫情相关的情绪与阻止病毒传播的行为之间的关系，以及哪些情绪在这种关系中起中介作用。瑞典处理疫情的方法与其他西欧国家处理这种情况的方式大不相同，因此是一个值得研究的重要案例。在一项大型代表性调查（N = 2449）中，我们发现对政府处理情况的满意度与更多积极情绪和更少消极情绪有关。焦虑、同情心和自豪感调节了满意度对遵守国家建议的影响，因此焦虑和同情心增加了依从性，而自豪感降低了它。重要的是，满足感增加了同情心和自豪感，但只有同情才会导致更顺从的行为。事实上，满意度通过焦虑和自豪感与不那么顺从的行为间接相关。羞耻感介导了戴口罩倾向的影响，瑞典公共卫生局明确不认可这种行为。我们推测，引起激烈争论的口罩是否成为对瑞典做法不满的政治化象征。总而言之，似乎对政府处理 Covid-19 疫情不满意的个人实际上更多地参与了健康促进行为以阻止病毒传播。瑞典公共卫生局明确不认可的行为。我们推测，引起激烈争论的口罩是否成为对瑞典做法不满的政治化象征。总而言之，似乎对政府处理 Covid-19 疫情不满意的个人实际上更多地参与了健康促进行为以阻止病毒传播。瑞典公共卫生局明确不认可的行为。我们推测，引起激烈争论的口罩是否成为对瑞典做法不满的政治化象征。总而言之，似乎对政府处理 Covid-19 疫情不满意的个人实际上更多地参与了健康促进行为以阻止病毒传播。