Ebrahimi Omid V, Hoffart Asle, Johnson Sverre Urnes
Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Modum Bad Psychiatric Hospital, Vikersund, Norway.
Psychol Health. 2023 Mar;38(3):283-306. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2021.1960987. Epub 2021 Aug 2.
To investigate the factors associated with adherence to viral mitigation protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This epidemiological cross-sectional study examines adherence to behaviour in 4158 adults and its relationship with sources of information.
Adherence to social distancing protocols (SDPs) and adherence to hygienic behaviour (HB) recommendations.
Individuals aged 18-30 reported lowest adherence to SDPs and HB. Alcohol consumption was associated with lower adherence. Increased risk perception, fear of infection and altruistic attitude were associated with greater adherence. Males, single and childless individuals reported lower adherence. Extroverts and urban residents reported lower adherence to SDPs, but not HB. In contrast to earlier stages of the pandemic, voluntary social distancing was associated with greater adherence to SDPs as opposed to rule-enforced social distancing. Regarding information obtainment, increased time spent acquiring information from recognised newspapers had the strongest favourable association with adherence. Relying on information from friends and family was associated with decreased adherence to SDPs. Sensitivity analyses replicated the findings, supporting the stability and robustness of the proposed models.
This study identifies factors associated with favourable and detrimental adherence behaviour along with substantial dissemination routes, presenting strategies that may be of utility towards fostering adherence to contemporaneously implemented mitigation protocols.
调查在新冠疫情期间与遵守病毒缓解方案相关的因素。
这项流行病学横断面研究考察了4158名成年人的行为遵守情况及其与信息来源的关系。
遵守社交距离协议（SDPs）和遵守卫生行为（HB）建议的情况。
18至30岁的个体报告对SDPs和HB的遵守程度最低。饮酒与较低的遵守程度相关。风险认知增加、对感染的恐惧和利他态度与更高的遵守程度相关。男性、单身和无子女个体报告的遵守程度较低。外向者和城市居民报告对SDPs的遵守程度较低，但对HB的遵守程度并非如此。与疫情早期阶段不同，自愿社交距离与对SDPs的更高遵守程度相关，而不是强制规定的社交距离。关于信息获取，花更多时间从知名报纸获取信息与遵守程度有最强的正向关联。依赖朋友和家人提供的信息与对SDPs的遵守程度降低相关。敏感性分析重复了这些发现，支持了所提出模型的稳定性和稳健性。
本研究确定了与有利和不利遵守行为相关的因素以及大量的传播途径，提出了可能有助于促进对同时实施的缓解方案的遵守的策略。
