Abstract Owing to the COVID- 19 pandemic, strict government interventions in China have been implemented for more than 3 years as of 2023. How do people of high or low social class respond to the prolonged COVID- 19 measures? Recent evidence has yielded inconsistent conclusions. In this study, we move beyond such debate and focus on the underlying motives that are closely related to both social class and COVID- 19 measure responses. Using a large Chinese sample (N = 1193, 48.50% women, Mage = 30.92 years, SD = 6.08), we found that KEYWORDS participants with higher (vs. lower) social class, whether subjective or objective, reported greater gratitude, which in turn increased their willingness to support COVID- 19 measures (i.e. greater public health support and self- prevention behaviour, and less pandemic burnout). However, those with higher (vs. lower) subjective social class also reported more psychological entitlement, which decreased their willingness to support COVID- 19 measures (i.e. less public health support and greater pandemic burnout). These findings contribute to a nuanced understanding of how social class may influence people's response to COVID-19 measures.

KEYWOEDS gratitude, pandemic burnout, psychological entitlement, public health support, self- prevention behaviour, social clas

原文附件：Class differences in gratitude and entitlement drive response to COVID‐19 measures.pdf

引用本文：Wang, Y., Ding, Y., Xie, X., & Guo, Y. (2024). Class differences in gratitude and entitlement drive response to COVID- 19 measures. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 00, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.1264

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