Compliance with Covid-19 public health guidelines
An attitude-behaviour gap bridged by personal concern and distance to conspiracy ideation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21579922 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tatjana Schnell (0000-0002-7991-2242, Social Sciences, MF Specialized University, Oslo, Norway, corresponding author), Daniel Spitzenstätter (0000-0002-9072-0612, Universität Innsbruck), Henning Krampe (0000-0003-3553-4064, Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine (CCM, CVK), Charité - Universitätsmedizin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1680-1701 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology & Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-0446 • E-ISSN: 1476-8321 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08870446.2021.1974861 |
| PMID | 34583589 |
| OpenAlex | W3204863015 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 61 |
OBJECTIVE: This study examined predictors of compliance with public health guidelines to curb transmission of COVID-19. DESIGN: = 431) from Germany and Austria completed surveys in April/May 2020 (T1) and July/August 2020 (T2). MEASURES: Three outcome measures operationalised compliance with public health guidelines at T2: self-reported adherence (behavioural), agreement and opposition (attitudinal). At T1, demographics, perceived distress (PHQ-4, crisis of meaning), resources (self-control, meaningfulness), locus of control, conspiracy mentality and social media use were assessed. At T2, situational variables were added (person at risk, infection of close person, fear of infection, COVID-19 stress). Temporal shifts from T1 to T2 were examined as complementary information. RESULTS: An attitude-behaviour gap at T2 was identified, as agreement with and opposition to the guidelines were only modestly correlated with adherence to them. Measures of personal concern (fear of infection, person at risk) were associated with both adherence and positive attitudes towards the measures. COVID-19 stress and conspiracy mentality predicted negative attitudes, but not adherence. Age predicted adherence positively, social media use negatively. CONCLUSION: The findings support the significance of personal concern for compliance with public health guidelines and suggest a critical impact of social media use and conspiracy mentality
Demographics · Disease · Distress · Hotline · Locus of control · Political science · Preparedness · Public health · Situational ethics · Social distance · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Demography · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |