Hlubek Niklas, Templeton Anne, Wiseman-Gregg Kirsty
Department of Psychology, Old College The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK.
J Appl Soc Psychol. 2022 Nov 29. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12948.
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a substantial risk of disease spread among healthcare workers (HCWs), making it important to understand what impacts perceived risk of COVID-19 spread in hospital settings and what causes HCWs to mitigate COVID-19 spread by following COVID-19 safety measures. One determinant of risk perception and safe behaviors is the influence of seeing others as group members. The current study aims to (a) evaluate how social identification as an HCW and trust in co-workers may influence perceived risk of COVID-19 spread and (b) explore how communication transparency, trust in leaders, and identity leadership are associated with self-reported adherence to COVID-19 safety guidance. Using a correlational design, HCWs of a Scottish hospital were invited to participate in an online questionnaire measuring their perceptions of risk of COVID-19 transmission, measures of social identification as an HCW, perception of leaders as members of the team, trust in co-workers to follow the COVID-19 guidelines and perception of leaders to manage COVID-19 prevention effectively. Results showed that increased trust in co-workers was associated with reduced risk perception of COVID-19 transmission. Perceptions of transparent communication about COVID-19 were found to be associated with increased adherence to COVID-19 safety guidelines. Findings show the importance of the association between social identity processes and reduced risk perception and highlight the relationship between transparent communication strategies and self-reported adherence to COVID-19 guidelines, identity leadership, and trust in leaders to manage COVID-19 appropriately.
新冠疫情在医护人员中造成了疾病传播的重大风险，因此了解哪些因素会影响医院环境中对新冠传播的感知风险，以及是什么促使医护人员通过遵循新冠安全措施来减轻新冠传播，具有重要意义。风险感知和安全行为的一个决定因素是将他人视为群体成员的影响。本研究旨在：（a）评估作为医护人员的社会认同以及对同事的信任如何影响对新冠传播的感知风险；（b）探讨沟通透明度、对领导者的信任以及身份领导如何与自我报告的对新冠安全指南的遵守情况相关联。采用相关设计，邀请一家苏格兰医院的医护人员参与一项在线问卷调查，该问卷测量他们对新冠传播风险的感知、作为医护人员的社会认同度量、将领导者视为团队成员的看法、对同事遵守新冠指南的信任以及对领导者有效管理新冠预防工作的看法。结果表明，对同事信任的增加与对新冠传播风险感知的降低相关。研究发现，对新冠透明沟通的看法与对新冠安全指南更高的遵守程度相关。研究结果表明了社会认同过程与降低风险感知之间关联的重要性，并突出了透明沟通策略与自我报告的对新冠指南的遵守、身份领导以及对领导者妥善管理新冠的信任之间的关系。
