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Predictors of Covid-19 voluntary compliance behaviors

An international investigation

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ID23344672
AuthorsConnie J Clark (0000-0002-3083-9179), Andrés Dávila (0000-0003-0730-5459, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques), Maxime Regis (0000-0003-2832-7040, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas), Krau (0000-0003-4886-7482, Durham University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume2
Pages76-82
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Transitions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2589-7918 • E-ISSN: 2589-7918
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.glt.2020.06.003
PMID32835202
OpenAlexW3037536037
LanguageEN
Citations received170
References cited28

With a large international sample (n = 8317), the present study examined which beliefs and attitudes about COVID-19 predict 1) following government recommendations, 2) taking health precautions (including mask wearing, social distancing, handwashing, and staying at home), and 3) encouraging others to take health precautions. The results demonstrate the importance of believing that taking health precautions will be effective for avoiding COVID-19 and generally prioritizing one's health. These beliefs continued to be important predictors of health behaviors after controlling for demographic and personality variables. In contrast, we found that perceiving oneself as vulnerable to COVID-19, the perceived severity of catching COVID-19, and trust in government were of relatively little importance. We also found that women were somewhat more likely to engage in these health behaviors than men, but that age was generally unrelated to voluntary compliance behaviors. These findings may suggest avenues and dead ends for behavioral interventions during COVID-19 and beyond.

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Compliance (psychology) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Distancing · Environmental health · Government (linguistics) · Health behavior · Health belief model · Health education · Pandemic · Personality · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Sample (material) · Social distance · Turnover · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology

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