Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Psychology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
J Psychiatr Res. 2021 Mar;135:212-217. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.01.025. Epub 2021 Jan 21.
Anxiety, perceived control and trust in information sources have all been shown to significantly influence health and social behaviours during pandemics. We measured these factors in a nationally representative on-street survey collected across five regions of Thailand (N = 1000, May 2020, response rate 82.6%). Anxiety was positively associated with stocking up on food (OR 2.62 (95% CI 1.88-3.66)) and taking vitamins (OR 2.37 (1.59-3.54)); perceived control with (recommended) coughing into an elbow (OR 2.42 (1.80-3.26)), checking on others (OR 1.52 (1.00-2.31)), and negatively with stockpiling (OR 0.72 (0.55-0.96)). Those relying on family/friends, doctors online or foreign sources were more likely to take vitamins (ORs 4.11, 2.88. 2.82), respondents using TV news less likely to stock up on food (OR 0.57 (0.37-0.86)) and to wear a mask for self-protection (OR 0.27 (0.10-0.73)). Comparing findings with analogous cross-sectional data on anxiety collected at the start of the pandemic (Feb 2020, Goodwin et al., 2020) there was no significant difference between personal anxiety in the two surveys (F (1, 1197) = 0.72, p = .40)) but perceived control was lower in the later survey (F (1, 1197) = 6.72 p = .01)). Findings suggest reduced perceived control as the pandemic developed and illuminate possible negative impacts of anxiety and low sense of control on pandemic behaviours.
焦虑、感知控制和对信息来源的信任在大流行期间均显著影响健康和社会行为。我们在泰国五个地区进行的一项全国代表性街头调查中测量了这些因素（N=1000，2020 年 5 月，回复率为 82.6%）。焦虑与囤积食物（OR 2.62（95%CI 1.88-3.66））和服用维生素（OR 2.37（1.59-3.54））呈正相关；感知控制与（推荐）用胳膊肘捂住咳嗽（OR 2.42（1.80-3.26））、关心他人（OR 1.52（1.00-2.31））呈正相关，与囤积（OR 0.72（0.55-0.96））呈负相关。那些依赖家人/朋友、在线医生或国外来源的人更有可能服用维生素（ORs 4.11、2.88、2.82），使用电视新闻的受访者不太可能囤积食物（OR 0.57（0.37-0.86））和为自我保护而戴口罩（OR 0.27（0.10-0.73））。将这些发现与大流行开始时（2020 年 2 月，Goodwin 等人，2020 年）收集的关于焦虑的类似横断面数据进行比较，两次调查中个人焦虑没有显著差异（F（1，1197）=0.72，p=0.40），但后者调查中的感知控制较低（F（1，1197）=6.72，p=0.01））。研究结果表明，随着大流行的发展，感知控制能力下降，并阐明了焦虑和控制感低下对大流行行为的可能负面影响。
