Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Glob Public Health. 2020 Sep;15(9):1278-1291. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1791212. Epub 2020 Jul 4.
The COVID-19 pandemic affects the whole world. Spain is 5th in the world and 3rd in Europe with the largest number of diagnosed cases. Spanish citizens' attitudes are important in controlling the pandemic. This research assessed attitudes of Spaniards toward COVID-19 in two studies. One ( = 64) was conducted in a shopping centre in Madrid and another ( = 640) online. The results of both studies suggest that women in Spain have a 'more responsible' attitude toward the COVID-19 than men. Young adults (18-25 years) scored lower on compliance with safety measures and perceived need to stay home than older adults. In Study 1, level of compliance, knowing someone at risk, and knowing someone infected predicted 31.2% of the variance in the perceived need to stay home. In Study 2, personal concern, level of compliance, keeping distance from others, and perceived social alarm predicted 28.5% of the variance in perceived need to stay home. Regardless of age and/or gender, Spanish people's personal concern about COVID-19 was less than their perceived social alarm about it. These results might help policy makers in considering public attitudes which could play an important role in controlling the current, and possibly a second, wave of COVID-19.
新冠疫情影响全世界。西班牙是世界上确诊病例第五多的国家，也是欧洲第三多的国家。西班牙公民的态度对控制疫情非常重要。本研究通过两项研究评估了西班牙人对新冠疫情的态度。一项研究（n=64）在马德里的一个购物中心进行，另一项研究（n=640）在网上进行。两项研究的结果均表明，西班牙女性对新冠疫情的态度比男性更为“负责”。年轻人（18-25 岁）在遵守安全措施和认为有必要留在家中的程度上的得分低于老年人。在研究 1 中，遵守程度、认识有风险的人以及认识感染的人预测了认为有必要留在家中的 31.2%的方差。在研究 2 中，个人关注、遵守程度、与他人保持距离和感知的社会警报预测了认为有必要留在家中的 28.5%的方差。无论年龄和/或性别如何，西班牙人对新冠疫情的个人关注都低于他们对其的社会关注。这些结果可能有助于政策制定者考虑公众态度，这可能对控制当前和可能的第二波新冠疫情发挥重要作用。
