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Br J Health Psychol
. 2020 Oct 20.
doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12480. Online ahead of print.
Stockpiling in the time of COVID-19
Lauren Micalizzi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Nicholas S Zambrotta[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Michael H Bernstein[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Objectives: Consistent with behaviour observed in prior crises, individuals are stockpiling supplies during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The goal of this study was to describe stockpiling behaviour in response to COVID-19 and investigate individual predictors of stockpiling.
Methods: Workers (N = 363, 54.72% male, 44.65% female, 0.63% other; M[SUB]age[/SUB] = 38.41, SD = 12.48, range = 18-78) were recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk and completed a survey about their stockpiling of 13 items, as well as behaviours and opinions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and their political affiliation.
Results: Participants stockpiled, on average, approximately 6 items, and toilet paper was the item most commonly procured. Approximately 25% of the sample acquired a gun or other weapon in response to the pandemic and approximately 20% of participants stockpiled gold or other precious metals. Stockpiling was more commonly observed among individuals who were more conservative, worried more about the pandemic, and social distanced less.
Conclusions: Individual, societal, and ideological implications are discussed.
Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; hoarding; pandemic; panic buying; public health emergency; stockpiling.
. 2020 Oct 20.
doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12480. Online ahead of print.
Stockpiling in the time of COVID-19
Lauren Micalizzi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Nicholas S Zambrotta[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Michael H Bernstein[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33080090
- DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12480
Abstract
Objectives: Consistent with behaviour observed in prior crises, individuals are stockpiling supplies during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The goal of this study was to describe stockpiling behaviour in response to COVID-19 and investigate individual predictors of stockpiling.
Methods: Workers (N = 363, 54.72% male, 44.65% female, 0.63% other; M[SUB]age[/SUB] = 38.41, SD = 12.48, range = 18-78) were recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk and completed a survey about their stockpiling of 13 items, as well as behaviours and opinions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and their political affiliation.
Results: Participants stockpiled, on average, approximately 6 items, and toilet paper was the item most commonly procured. Approximately 25% of the sample acquired a gun or other weapon in response to the pandemic and approximately 20% of participants stockpiled gold or other precious metals. Stockpiling was more commonly observed among individuals who were more conservative, worried more about the pandemic, and social distanced less.
Conclusions: Individual, societal, and ideological implications are discussed.
Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; hoarding; pandemic; panic buying; public health emergency; stockpiling.