Sociodemographic, Cognitive, and Emotional Determinants of Two Health Behaviors during SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak: An Online Study among French-Speaking Belgian Responders during the Spring Lockdown
| Autor: | Olivier Luminet, Aline Cordonnier, Emilie Banse, Alix Bigot |
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| Přispěvatelé: | UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Distancing
lcsh:BF1-990 Population Behavioural sciences 050109 social psychology Logistic regression emotions 050105 experimental psychology behavioral change Pandemic Theory of Planned Behavior medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences education General Psychology education.field_of_study SARS-CoV-2 pandemic 05 social sciences Theory of planned behavior health behaviors Cognition Health psychology lcsh:Psychology Anxiety medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Psychologica Belgica Psychologica Belgica; Vol 61, No 1 (2021); 63–78 Psychologica Belgica, Vol 61, Iss 1 (2021) Psychologica Belgica, Vol. 61, no. 1, p. 63-78 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2054-670X 0033-2879 |
| Popis: | To contain the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate, health authorities have encouraged the population to enhance protective behaviors such as physical distancing and handwashing. Behavioral sciences emphasize the role of sociocognitive determinants to explain health behaviors, while largely ignoring emotional factors. In a large online study (N > 4000), we investigated the role of sociodemographic, cognitive, emotional, and social factors that can facilitate or hinder handwashing and limitation of social contacts. Data were collected from March 18 until April 19, 2020, which corresponds to the spring lockdown and the first peak of the pandemic in Belgium. Logistic regressions showed that sociodemographic factors (gender, age, level of education) and the dimensions of the Theory of Planned Behavior (intentions, attitudes, perceived behavioral control and subjective norms) had a strong impact on health behaviors, but that emotional factors explained an additional part of the variance. Being more 'attentive/determined' and 'frightened/anxious', along with scoring higher on health anxiety were related to a higher frequency of handwashing. In contrast, being 'enthusiastic/happy' was related to lower adherence to limiting social contacts. Our results suggest that the type of predictors and the direction of associations depend on the type of health behavior considered. The role of specific emotional factors in addition to more classical predictors is discussed. The study offers new perspectives regarding the factors that are associated with the adherence to behaviors recommended to adopt when faced with a pandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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