The present study aimed to understand how status-oriented individual differences such as narcissistic antagonism, narcissistic extraversion, and moral grandstanding motivations may have longitudinally predicted both behavioral and social media responses during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Via YouGov, a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults was recruited in August of 2019 (N = 2,519; M_age = 47.5, SD = 17.8; 51.4% women) and resampled in May of 2020, (N = 1,533). Results indicated that baseline levels of narcissistic antagonism were associated with lower levels of social distancing and lower compliance with public health recommended behaviors. Similarly, dominance oriented moral grandstanding motivations predicted greater conflict with others over COVID-19, greater engagement in status-oriented social media behaviors about COVID-19, and lower levels of social distancing.

本研究旨在了解自恋对抗、自恋外向和道德哗众取宠动机等地位导向的个体差异如何 纵向预测 COVID-19 大流行早期的行为和社交媒体反应。通过 YouGov，于 2019 年 8 月招募了具有全国代表性的美国成年人样本（N = 2,519；M _age  = 47.5，SD   = 17.8; 51.4% 的女性）并于 2020 年 5 月重新抽样，（N = 1,533）。结果表明，自恋对抗的基线水平与较低水平的社会距离和较低的公共卫生推荐行为依从性有关。同样，以支配为导向的道德哗众取宠的动机预示着与他人因 COVID-19 而发生更大的冲突，更多地参与有关 COVID-19 的以地位为导向的社交媒体行为，以及更低的社会距离。