Before Omicron's Arrival: Effects of Negative Emotions and Comparative Optimism on COVID-19 Protection and Detection Behaviors.
| Autor: | Duong, Hue Trong, Sun, Yixin, Van Nguyen, Long Thang, Nguyen, Khai The, Popova, Lucy |
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COMMUNICABLE diseases
FEAR RISK assessment IMMUNIZATION SCALE analysis (Psychology) COGNITIVE testing OPTIMISM T-test (Statistics) UNIVERSITIES & colleges STATISTICAL sampling COVID-19 testing ANGER HAND washing SOCIOECONOMIC factors EMOTIONS EVALUATION of medical care RANDOMIZED controlled trials ANXIETY COVID-19 vaccines DESCRIPTIVE statistics MASS media HEALTH behavior INTENTION PSYCHOLOGY of college students HEALTH promotion GENETIC mutation PUBLIC health COMPARATIVE studies DATA analysis software CONFIDENCE intervals COVID-19 SOCIAL isolation SELF-perception |
| Zdroj: | Health Communication; Jun2024, Vol. 39 Issue 7, p1429-1443, 15p |
| Abstrakt: | This study examined the associations of emotions, cognitions, and behavioral intentions in response to exposure to news stories reporting on the arrival of Omicron variant in Vietnam. Outcomes included fear, anxiety, anger, comparative optimism, intentions to conduct prevention behavior (wash hands with soap), detection behavior (test for Omicron infection), and share health information. Two experiments were conducted with participants being randomized to either low-risk or high-risk condition that contained information promoting hand-washing with soap (Experiment 1, N = 303), or information promoting COVID-19 testing (Experiment 2, N = 303). Results indicated that viewing high-risk news stories led to higher fear, anxiety, and anger than low-risk news stories. Fear fully mediated the effect of news exposure on intentions to test for Omicron infection and share health information. Comparative optimism moderated the indirect effect of news exposure on intentions to wash hands with soap and share information about COVID-19 testing. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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