University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Sci Rep. 2022 Mar 9;12(1):3824. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04703-9.
The present paper examines longitudinally how subjective perceptions about COVID-19, one's community, and the government predict adherence to public health measures to reduce the spread of the virus. Using an international survey (N = 3040), we test how infection risk perception, trust in the governmental response and communications about COVID-19, conspiracy beliefs, social norms on distancing, tightness of culture, and community punishment predict various containment-related attitudes and behavior. Autoregressive analyses indicate that, at the personal level, personal hygiene behavior was predicted by personal infection risk perception. At social level, social distancing behaviors such as abstaining from face-to-face contact were predicted by perceived social norms. Support for behavioral mandates was predicted by confidence in the government and cultural tightness, whereas support for anti-lockdown protests was predicted by (lower) perceived clarity of communication about the virus. Results are discussed in light of policy implications and creating effective interventions.
本文从纵向角度探讨了个体对新冠病毒、社区和政府的主观认知如何预测其对减少病毒传播的公共卫生措施的遵守程度。我们使用一项国际调查（N=3040），检验了感染风险感知、对政府应对和新冠病毒传播相关信息的信任、阴谋论信念、关于社交距离的社会规范、文化紧密性以及社区惩罚如何预测各种与遏制相关的态度和行为。自回归分析表明，在个人层面上，个人卫生行为受个人感染风险感知的影响。在社会层面上，社会疏离行为（如避免面对面接触）受到感知到的社会规范的影响。对行为授权的支持受到对政府和文化紧密性的信心的影响，而对反封锁抗议的支持则受到对病毒传播相关信息的清晰度的影响。研究结果从政策影响和制定有效干预措施的角度进行了讨论。
