The longest year ever: Emotions and time perception interact to predict how frequently individuals engage in COVID-19 avoidance behaviors.
The longest year ever: Emotions and time perception interact to predict how frequently individuals engage in COVID-19 avoidance behaviors.
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有史以来最长的一年：情绪和时间感知相互作用，可以预测个人从事 COVID-19 回避行为的频率。
DOI：
10.1037/emo0001230
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发表时间：
2023
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影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Gable, Philip A.
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作者：
Wendel, Christopher J.;Gable, Philip A.
情感状态会改变人们对时间流逝速度的感知。然而，以往的研究并没有考察情绪和时间知觉对行为结果的独立和交互作用。目前的研究旨在更好地了解影响，时间感知和报告的COVID-19病原体回避行为（例如，社交距离，戴口罩）之间的关系超过1年。研究样本由使用Prolific招募的美国成年人（n= 1，000）组成。最终样本中的大多数参与者（50.1%男性，46.8%女性，3.1%非二元/其他）被确定为白色/高加索人（78.9%）或黑人/非裔美国人（11.9%）。样本的平均年龄为34.4岁（SD= 11.3）。与研究假设一致，接近动机的情感状态（幸福）与时间飞行相关，回避动机的情感状态（紧张，缺乏控制）与时间拖延相关。适度分析显示，更大的回避动机的影响和时间拖延的报告，更大的方法动机的影响和时间飞行的报告相互作用，预测更频繁地参与病原体回避行为。这些结果有助于现有的文献描述的情感和行为的影响，COVID-19大流行表明，接近和回避动机的情感状态对病原体回避行为的参与具有重要意义。
Affective states alter the perception of how quickly time is passing. However, previous studies have not examined the independent and interactive effects of emotion and time perception on behavioral outcomes. The current study sought to better understand the relationships between affect, time perception, and reported engagement in COVID-19 pathogen avoidance behaviors (eg, social distancing, wearing a mask) over 1 year. The study sample was comprised of American adults (n= 1,000) recruited using Prolific. The majority of participants in the final sample (50.1% male, 46.8% female, 3.1% nonbinary/other) identified as White/Caucasian (78.9%) or Black/African American (11.9%). The average age in the sample was 34.4 years (SD= 11.3). Consistent with study hypotheses, approach-motivated affective states (happiness) were associated with time flying, and avoidance-motivated affective states (nervous, lack of control) were associated with time dragging. Moderation analyses revealed that reports of greater avoidance-motivated affect and time dragging, and reports of greater approach-motivated affect and time flying interacted to predict more frequent engagement in pathogen avoidance behaviors. These results contribute to the existing literature describing the affective and behavioral effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by suggesting both approach-and avoidance-motivated affective states have important implications for engagement in pathogen avoidance behaviors.