Wang Juanjuan, Xiao Meng, Wang Wenjing, Sun Yi
School of English Teacher Education, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an, China.
Foreign linguistics and Applied Linguistics Research Center, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China.
Heliyon. 2024 Jan 20;10(3):e24821. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24821. eCollection 2024 Feb 15.
Few studies have investigated people's reactions after a sudden lift. The transitional experiences of Chinese people at the end of 2022 serve as a valuable reference for pandemic management. Therefore, this study investigates Chinese people's perception of risks after the lifting, the influence of risk perception on their compliance with COVID-19 measures, and the moderating effect of social media on this influence.
Initially, using a random sampling approach, we carried out an online questionnaire survey through Questionnaire Star, an online questionnaire platform. 417 (304 females, 13-64 years old) participants responded to questions on their perception of risks, compliance with COVID-19 measures, and trust in social media. Then, in the follow-up experiment, we observed another 60 (30 females, 18-22 years old) participants' actual behaviors to see how they comply with COVID-19 measures (for the peak of the confirmed cases, we chose to make do with this small size). We also asked them to complete a paper questionnaire on risk perception and trust in social media.
The initial survey indicated that, after the lifting, Chinese citizens perceived high risks (they reported a possibility of 61.04 out of 100 to be infected and threatened by COVID-19. The number was 54 in a previous study), showed a low degree of adherence to COVID-19 measures (on a scale of 1-5, they reported a score of 2.04 in private, and 1.89 in public), and social media positively moderated the relationship between risk perception and adherence (ΔR = 0.10, p < .01 for private behavior; ΔR = 0.13, p < .01 for public behavior). The follow-up experiment further confirmed these findings.
This study suggests that, when lifting lockdowns on a national scale, the government should inform the public about the risks accurately, encourage healthy behaviors, and make full use of social media to promote adherence to COVID-19 measures. By using a hybrid approach that combines a questionnaire survey with actual behavior observation, this study expands earlier research into the understudied context of lockdown lifts. Finding effective strategies to support individuals through the transition period can facilitate global pandemic management.
很少有研究调查过突然解封后人们的反应。2022年末中国人的过渡经历为疫情管理提供了宝贵参考。因此，本研究调查了中国人在解封后的风险认知、风险认知对其遵守新冠疫情防控措施的影响，以及社交媒体对这种影响的调节作用。
最初，我们采用随机抽样方法，通过在线问卷平台问卷星开展了一项在线问卷调查。417名参与者（304名女性，年龄在13至64岁之间）回答了关于他们的风险认知、对新冠疫情防控措施的遵守情况以及对社交媒体的信任度的问题。然后，在后续实验中，我们观察了另外60名参与者（30名女性，年龄在18至22岁之间）的实际行为，以了解他们如何遵守新冠疫情防控措施（鉴于确诊病例高峰期，我们选择以这个较小的样本量将就）。我们还要求他们填写一份关于风险认知和对社交媒体信任度的纸质问卷。
初步调查表明，解封后，中国公民感知到高风险（他们报告感染新冠病毒并受到威胁的可能性为61.04分（满分100分）。先前一项研究中的这一数字为54分），对新冠疫情防控措施的遵守程度较低（在1至5分的量表上，他们在私下场合报告的分数为2.04分，在公共场合为1.89分），并且社交媒体对风险认知与遵守程度之间的关系起到了正向调节作用（私下行为的ΔR = 0.10，p <.01；公共行为的ΔR = 0.13，p <.01）。后续实验进一步证实了这些发现。
本研究表明，在全国范围内解除封锁时，政府应准确地向公众通报风险，鼓励健康行为，并充分利用社交媒体来促进对新冠疫情防控措施的遵守。通过将问卷调查与实际行为观察相结合的混合方法，本研究将早期研究扩展到了解封这一研究较少的背景中。找到有效的策略来支持个人度过过渡期有助于全球疫情管理。
