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Predictors of COVID-19 voluntary compliance behaviors: An international investigation.
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257 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- How sex impacted associations between psychological distress and worry on adults' health behaviours during SARS-CoV-2.PloS one · 2025Article
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- To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? Dark triad personality traits in the context of decision about vaccination against COVID-19.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
With a large international sample (n = 8317), the present study examined which beliefs and attitudes about COVID-19 predict 1) following government recommendations, 2) taking health precautions (including mask wearing, social distancing, handwashing, and staying at home), and 3) encouraging others to take health precautions. The results demonstrate the importance of believing that taking health precautions will be effective for avoiding COVID-19 and generally prioritizing one's health. These beliefs continued to be important predictors of health behaviors after controlling for demographic and personality variables. In contrast, we found that perceiving oneself as vulnerable to COVID-19, the perceived severity of catching COVID-19, and trust in government were of relatively little importance. We also found that women were somewhat more likely to engage in these health behaviors than men, but that age was generally unrelated to voluntary compliance behaviors. These findings may suggest avenues and dead ends for behavioral interventions during COVID-19 and beyond.
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