Community Attachments are Associated with COVID-19 Public Health Behaviors Among Adolescents in Pakistan
| Autor: | Benjamin Oosterhoff, Sadaf Zeb, Shaf Ahmed, Faiza Nisar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Original Paper Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Social distance Public health Social benefits Hoarding COVID-19 Social responsibility Developmental psychology Adolescence Culturally sensitive medicine Community attachments Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Social trust |
| Zdroj: | Child & Youth Care Forum |
| ISSN: | 1573-3319 1053-1890 |
| Popis: | Background Community attachments are thought to promote adolescents’ engagement in public health behaviors. To date, past research has exclusively examined the social benefits of community attachments among adolescents in the United States and less is known about these benefits among youth in low-income adolescent-dense countries such as Pakistan. Objective The present study examined associations between Pakistani adolescents’ community attachments and COVID-19 public health behaviors, including social distancing, disinfecting, hoarding, news monitoring. Method Adolescents living in Pakistan (N = 1,110; 13–18 years; M = 16.70) reported on their COVID-19 public health behavior (social distancing, disinfecting behaviors, hoarding behaviors, news monitoring) and community attachments (social responsibility values, social trust, self-interest values). Results Greater social responsibility values were associated with greater social distancing (B = .09, p = .009) and disinfecting behavior (B = .39, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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