Institute for Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne, D-50931 Cologne, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 21;18(3):933. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18030933.
Despite the need for enduring preventive behavior in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, several counteracting behavioral reactions can be observed worldwide. Considering the grave consequences resulting from such health-related risk behavior, we carried out an online questionnaire study to identify personal characteristics that frame a motivational sketch of those who refuse to follow the pandemic-related preventive measures. Our results from a sample of = 570 German participants already indicate obvious changes in relevant variables in the four-week investigation period during the pandemic's initial phase (25th March to 22nd April 2020). Above all, the willingness to take preventive measures decreased, as did the assessment of the pandemic's severity. The perceived own vulnerability also turned out to be clearly age-dependent and, overall, our sample showed a negative affectivity deviating distinctively from a reference sample. These and other findings allow for identification of sources for public health interventions that can help to increase compliance with required prevention behavior, and thus, counteract COVID-19.
尽管在 COVID-19 大流行期间需要持久的预防行为，但在全球范围内仍可以观察到一些对抗性行为反应。考虑到这种与健康相关的风险行为可能产生的严重后果，我们进行了一项在线问卷调查研究，以确定个人特征，这些特征构成了拒绝遵守与大流行相关预防措施的人的动机特征。我们对 570 名德国参与者的样本进行的研究结果表明，在大流行初期（2020 年 3 月 25 日至 4 月 22 日）的四周调查期间，相关变量已经发生了明显变化。尤其是，预防措施的意愿下降了，对大流行严重程度的评估也下降了。感知到的自身脆弱性也明显取决于年龄，总的来说，我们的样本表现出与参考样本明显不同的消极情感。这些和其他发现为公共卫生干预措施的确定提供了依据，这些措施有助于提高对所需预防行为的依从性，从而对抗 COVID-19。
