University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Health Educ Behav. 2021 Apr;48(2):118-122. doi: 10.1177/1090198121989960. Epub 2021 Jan 29.
To contain the spread of Covid-19, engagement in protective behaviors across the population is of great importance. The present study investigated protective behavior intentions during the early phases of Covid-19 in Germany (February 2-April 3, 2020) as a function of threat level and age using data from 4,940 participants in the EUCLID project. Results indicated that the intention to engage in social distancing increased sharply with threat level. Intentions for personal hygiene also increased, although to a lesser extent. While age only had a small overall effect on behavioral intentions, differential patterns emerged. After the lockdown was introduced, the impact of age decreased for social distancing and hygiene behavior intentions but increased for seeing a doctor. Since containing the Covid-19 pandemic depends on high adoption rates of protective behaviors, future research should track sustained phases of the pandemic, including the easing of restrictions and possible new waves of infections.
为了控制新冠疫情的传播，在整个人群中采取保护行为非常重要。本研究使用 EUCLID 项目中 4940 名参与者的数据，调查了德国在新冠疫情早期（2020 年 2 月 2 日至 4 月 3 日）的保护行为意图，考察了威胁程度和年龄的影响。结果表明，随着威胁程度的增加，人们参与社交距离的意愿急剧增加。个人卫生的意愿也有所增加，尽管幅度较小。虽然年龄对行为意图的总体影响较小，但出现了不同的模式。封锁措施实施后，社交距离和卫生行为意图的年龄影响降低，但看医生的年龄影响增加。由于控制新冠疫情大流行取决于保护行为的高采纳率，未来的研究应该跟踪疫情的持续阶段，包括放宽限制和可能出现的新一波感染。
