The COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors Index: Development and Validation in Two Samples From the United Kingdom

Autor: Rusi Jaspal, Glynis M. Breakwell, Emanuele Fino
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Adult
Male
scale validation
Index (economics)
Adolescent
Psychometrics
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
fear of COVID-19
Health Behavior
Applied psychology
Concurrent validity
COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors Index
Risk Assessment
Compliance (psychology)
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Sex Factors
prevention
0504 sociology
COVID-19 and the Health Professions
Surveys and Questionnaires
Internal consistency
Humans
Aged
030505 public health
SARS-CoV-2
Health Policy
Racial Groups
05 social sciences
Age Factors
COVID-19
Reproducibility of Results
050401 social sciences methods
Fear
Middle Aged
perceived risk
United Kingdom
United States
Risk perception
Socioeconomic Factors
Risk appraisal
Scale (social sciences)
Communicable Disease Control
Female
Factor Analysis
Statistical
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Zdroj: Evaluation & the Health Professions
ISSN: 1552-3918
0163-2787
DOI: 10.1177/0163278720983416
Popis: Monitoring compliance with, and understanding the factors affecting, COVID-19 preventive behaviors requires a robust index of the level of subjective likelihood that the individual will engage in key COVID-19 preventive behaviors. In this article, the psychometric properties of the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors Index (CPBI), including its development and validation in two samples in the United Kingdom, are described. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on data from 470 participants in the United Kingdom who provided demographic information and completed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the COVID-19 Own Risk Appraisal Scale (CORAS) and the CPBI. Results showed that a unidimensional, 10-item model fits the data well, with satisfactory fit indices, internal consistency and high item loadings onto the factor. The CPBI correlated positively with both fear and perceived risk of COVID-19, suggesting good concurrent validity. The CPBI is a measure of the likelihood of engaging in preventive activity, rather than one of intention or actual action. It is adaptable enough to be used over time as a monitoring instrument by policy makers and a modeling tool by researchers.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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