Factors influencing protective behavior in the post-COVID-19 period in China: a cross-sectional study
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
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: 95-95, 2021.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-922189
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND@#The study aimed to explore the factors influencing protective behavior and its association with factors during the post-COVID-19 period in China based on the risk perception emotion model and the protective action decision model (PADM).@*METHODS@#A total of 2830 valid questionnaires were collected as data for empirical analysis via network sampling in China. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed to explore the relationships between the latent variables.@*RESULTS@#SEM indicated that social emotion significantly positively affected protective behavior and intention. Protective behavioral intention had significant direct effects on protective behavior, and the direct effects were also the largest. Government trust did not have a significant effect on protective behavior but did have a significant indirect effect. Moreover, it was found that government trust had the greatest direct effect on social emotion. In addition, we found that excessive risk perception level may directly reduce people's intention and frequency of engaging in protective behavior, which was not conducive to positive, protective behavior.@*CONCLUSION@#In the post-COVID-19 period, theoretical framework constructed in this study can be used to evaluate people's protective behavior. The government should strengthen its information-sharing and interaction with the public, enhance people's trust in the government, create a positive social mood, appropriately regulate people's risk perception, and, finally, maintain a positive attitude and intent of protection.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Social Behavior
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Health Behavior
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China
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Communicable Disease Control
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Intention
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Trust
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Emotions
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Latent Class Analysis
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
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