English Alexander S, Li Xiaoyuan
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Intercultural Institute, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Oct 22;12:754102. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.754102. eCollection 2021.
COVID-19 has drastically altered people's mask-wearing behaviors around the world. What is unknown is how long these mask behaviors will last post-COVID-19? To investigate how individual, situational, and locational factors influence mask use in the absence of community spread of COVID-19, we conducted an observational study in public areas in the megacity of Shanghai, China. Researchers coded people's mask use in various suburban and urban districts and outdoor and indoor locations with and without mask requirements. Firstly, even without any local transmissions in more than 40days, 62% of the sample (=1,282) still wore masks in public places. The data showed that people in more urban areas wore masks more often and that people wore masks in places where it was mandated. Women also wore masks more than men, and older people complied more with mask enforcement policies. We found that more densely populated districts and areas with more inflow of non-locals also predicted more mask use. We argue that the pandemic has long-lasting effects on human behavior like mask usage and reflects individuals' continual conformity to new social norms.
新冠疫情极大地改变了全球人们佩戴口罩的行为。尚不清楚的是，这些戴口罩行为在新冠疫情结束后会持续多久？为了调查在没有新冠疫情社区传播的情况下，个人、情境和地点因素如何影响口罩使用，我们在中国特大城市上海的公共场所进行了一项观察性研究。研究人员对人们在各个郊区和城区以及有和没有口罩要求的户外和室内场所佩戴口罩的情况进行了编码。首先，即使在40多天没有任何本地传播的情况下，样本中的62%（=1282人）仍在公共场所佩戴口罩。数据显示，城市地区的人们佩戴口罩的频率更高，并且人们在有强制要求的地方佩戴口罩。女性佩戴口罩的比例也高于男性，老年人更遵守口罩佩戴政策。我们发现，人口密度较高的地区和非本地人口流入较多的地区，口罩使用量也更多。我们认为，疫情对人类行为（如口罩使用）有持久影响，并反映了个体对新社会规范的持续遵守。
