Beliefs in government benevolence can promote individuals' compliance with government‐issued guidelines: The role of positive affect and general construal level

As the U.S. and the world continues to grapple with the health and economic damages caused by the COVID‐19 pandemic, it is vital to understand the correlates of individuals' compliance with the U.S. CDC's (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines for this pandemic to aid the country's recovery from this crisis and shed light on risk mitigation in future crises. The present research examines why some individuals complied with the...