COVID-19 and human flourishing: The moderating role of gender

Lütfi Sürücü; Şenay Sahil Ertan; Evren Bağlarbaşı; Ahmet Maslakçı

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.111111

COVID-19 and human flourishing: The moderating role of gender

Pers Individ Dif. 2021 Dec:183:111111. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111111. Epub 2021 Jul 3.

Authors

Lütfi Sürücü¹, Şenay Sahil Ertan¹, Evren Bağlarbaşı¹, Ahmet Maslakçı¹

Affiliation

¹ European Leadership University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Gazi Mustafa Kemal Blv, Gazimağusa 99500, North Cyprus, Cyprus.

Abstract

COVID-19 fear restricts human freedom and decreases human flourishing. This paper examines the relationship between COVID-19 fear and human flourishing. Additionally, it tests gender's moderating effect in this relationship. Although studies show the relationship between COVID-19 fear and human flourishing, this study is a first attempt to determine gender's moderating role. Data were obtained from 326 hotel staff in the United States and analyzed using structural equation modeling and hierarchical regression. This study found that COVID-19 negatively affected human flourishing and gender moderated this relationship. The current study will contribute to the literature by clarifying that women's flourishing is more negatively affected than men due to COVID-19. This finding further indicates how to reduce women's COVID-19 fears from both practical and legal standpoints.

Keywords: COVID-19 fear; Gender; Human flourishing.