The Relation of Threat Level and Age With Protective Behavior Intentions During Covid-19 in Germany
| Autor: | Robin Kaufmann, Julia E. Koller, Joke M. Debbeler, Karoline Villinger, Kim M. Koppe, Kai D. Engel, Britta Renner, Johanna Stähler, Hannah Oppenheimer, Peer C. Homann, Isabel Brünecke, Vanessa C. Radtke, Sarah Rogula, Sofia Grieble, Harald T. Schupp, Nadine C. Lages |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) media_common.quotation_subject infectious disease Population Health Behavior Physical Distancing Intention ddc:150 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Personal hygiene Hygiene Germany Surveys and Questionnaires Pandemic medicine Humans education media_common education.field_of_study emergency Social distance Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Age Factors COVID-19 risk and crisis communication health behavior infectious disease emergency risk and crisis communication Communicable Disease Control Female Psychology Social psychology Threat level |
| Zdroj: | Health Education & Behavior |
| ISSN: | 1552-6127 1090-1981 |
| Popis: | To contain the spread of Covid-19, engagement in protective behaviors across the population is of great importance. The present study investigated protective behavior intentions during the early phases of Covid-19 in Germany (February 2–April 3, 2020) as a function of threat level and age using data from 4,940 participants in the EUCLID project. Results indicated that the intention to engage in social distancing increased sharply with threat level. Intentions for personal hygiene also increased, although to a lesser extent. While age only had a small overall effect on behavioral intentions, differential patterns emerged. After the lockdown was introduced, the impact of age decreased for social distancing and hygiene behavior intentions but increased for seeing a doctor. Since containing the Covid-19 pandemic depends on high adoption rates of protective behaviors, future research should track sustained phases of the pandemic, including the easing of restrictions and possible new waves of infections. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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