Predicting Social Distancing Intention and Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrated Social Cognition Model.

Autor:	Hagger MS; SHARPP Lab, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, USA.; Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.; School of Applied Psychology, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia., Smith SR; School of Applied Psychology, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia., Keech JJ; School of Applied Psychology, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia.; School of Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia., Moyers SA; SHARPP Lab, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, USA., Hamilton K; School of Applied Psychology, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine [Ann Behav Med] 2020 Oct 01; Vol. 54 (10), pp. 713-727.
DOI:	10.1093/abm/kaaa073
Abstrakt:	Background: Social distancing is a key behavior to minimize COVID-19 infections. Identification of potentially modifiable determinants of social distancing behavior may provide essential evidence to inform social distancing behavioral interventions. Purpose: The current study applied an integrated social cognition model to identify the determinants of social distancing behavior, and the processes involved, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: In a prospective correlational survey study, samples of Australian (N = 365) and U.S. (N = 440) residents completed online self-report measures of social cognition constructs (attitude, subjective norm, moral norm, anticipated regret, and perceived behavioral control [PBC]), intention, action planning, habit, and past behavior with respect to social distancing behavior at an initial occasion. Follow-up measures of habit and social distancing behavior were taken 1 week later. Results: Structural equation models indicated that subjective norm, moral norm, and PBC were consistent predictors of intention in both samples. Intention, action planning, and habit at follow-up were consistent predictors of social distancing behavior in both samples. Action planning did not have consistent effects mediating or moderating the intention-behavior relationship. Inclusion of past behavior in the model attenuated effects among constructs, although the effects of the determinants of intention and behavior remained. Conclusions: Current findings highlight the importance of subjective norm, moral obligation, and PBC as determinants of social distancing intention and intention and habit as behavioral determinants. Future research on long-range predictors of social distancing behavior and reciprocal effects in the integrated model is warranted. (© Society of Behavioral Medicine 2020. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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