Job loss and health threatening events modulate risk-taking behaviours in the Covid-19 emergency

Abstract Covid-19 pandemic is exerting a tragic impact all around the world. First-person experience of life-threatening and stressful events can modify individuals’ risk perception, and, consequently, risk-taking behaviours. Here we investigated risk-taking profiles in 130 Italian residents, and co...

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Autores principales:	Caterina Galandra, Chiara Cerami, Gaia Chiara Santi, Alessandra Dodich, Stefano F. Cappa, Tomaso Vecchi, Chiara Crespi
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2020
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:862ec1eb9f7a41d284d3cbf0c80a4c002021-12-02T13:34:11ZJob loss and health threatening events modulate risk-taking behaviours in the Covid-19 emergency10.1038/s41598-020-78992-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/862ec1eb9f7a41d284d3cbf0c80a4c002020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78992-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Covid-19 pandemic is exerting a tragic impact all around the world. First-person experience of life-threatening and stressful events can modify individuals’ risk perception, and, consequently, risk-taking behaviours. Here we investigated risk-taking profiles in 130 Italian residents, and compared healthcare to non-healthcare workers, during the lockdown phase. We ad hoc developed the “Covid-19 Risk Task”, including the classic monetary Holt-Laury Paired Lottery Task (Monetary Condition, MC) and two new ecological conditions exploring Covid-19 related risk-taking aptitudes in relation to different health (Health Status Condition, HsC) and employment (Employment Status Condition, EsC) outcomes. Results showed that, in the whole sample, individuals were more risk-averse in MC than in HsC and EsC. Moreover, a payoff increase produced a shift toward more risk-averse behaviours in MC, but not in HsC and EsC, where we found an opposite trend suggesting a more risk-loving behaviour. Finally, we found that healthcare workers were significantly less risk-averse compared to non-healthcare workers in EsC, but not in MC and HsC. These findings provided evidence of the possible effects of Covid-19 outbreak on risk-taking aptitudes. The negative impact on human choices and, consequently, on the whole world economy of this catastrophic life event must not be underestimated.Caterina GalandraChiara CeramiGaia Chiara SantiAlessandra DodichStefano F. CappaTomaso VecchiChiara CrespiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
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description	Abstract Covid-19 pandemic is exerting a tragic impact all around the world. First-person experience of life-threatening and stressful events can modify individuals’ risk perception, and, consequently, risk-taking behaviours. Here we investigated risk-taking profiles in 130 Italian residents, and compared healthcare to non-healthcare workers, during the lockdown phase. We ad hoc developed the “Covid-19 Risk Task”, including the classic monetary Holt-Laury Paired Lottery Task (Monetary Condition, MC) and two new ecological conditions exploring Covid-19 related risk-taking aptitudes in relation to different health (Health Status Condition, HsC) and employment (Employment Status Condition, EsC) outcomes. Results showed that, in the whole sample, individuals were more risk-averse in MC than in HsC and EsC. Moreover, a payoff increase produced a shift toward more risk-averse behaviours in MC, but not in HsC and EsC, where we found an opposite trend suggesting a more risk-loving behaviour. Finally, we found that healthcare workers were significantly less risk-averse compared to non-healthcare workers in EsC, but not in MC and HsC. These findings provided evidence of the possible effects of Covid-19 outbreak on risk-taking aptitudes. The negative impact on human choices and, consequently, on the whole world economy of this catastrophic life event must not be underestimated.
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author	Caterina Galandra Chiara Cerami Gaia Chiara Santi Alessandra Dodich Stefano F. Cappa Tomaso Vecchi Chiara Crespi
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title	Job loss and health threatening events modulate risk-taking behaviours in the Covid-19 emergency
title_short	Job loss and health threatening events modulate risk-taking behaviours in the Covid-19 emergency
title_full	Job loss and health threatening events modulate risk-taking behaviours in the Covid-19 emergency
title_fullStr	Job loss and health threatening events modulate risk-taking behaviours in the Covid-19 emergency
title_full_unstemmed	Job loss and health threatening events modulate risk-taking behaviours in the Covid-19 emergency
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url	https://doaj.org/article/862ec1eb9f7a41d284d3cbf0c80a4c00
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Job loss and health threatening events modulate risk-taking behaviours in the Covid-19 emergency

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