Correlation of temperament and character to adherence with mandatory facemask use in the general population during the COVID-19 lockdown: A hypothesis based on data

摘要: Recently a study measured compliance with mandatory facemask wearing in 120,000 passers-by reported large differences between males and females and among age groups (Fountoulakis et al., 2022). From recently published studies, the mean scores are available for specific age-by-gender groups concerning three major temperament, character and personality instruments, that is the TEMPS-A, the TCI and the NEO-PI-3 (Fountoulakis et al., 2015; Fountoulakis et al., 2014a, 2014b) and for indices from a novel temperament model (Fountoulaki s and Gonda, 2019, 2022).