ArticleBritish journal of health psychology2021
Determinants of protective behaviours during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- To comply or not comply? A latent profile analysis of behaviours and attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- A social norms campaign based positive intervention aimed at promoting protective behaviours.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Are Fear Campaigns Effective for Increasing Adherence to COVID-Related Mitigation Measures?International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Trial
- COVID-19 Preventive Practices, Parent-Child Conflict, and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A new experimental approach to manipulate social identity and social norms about protective behaviors in a virtual social environment.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Estimating the effect of self-protection on transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany in 2021: a modelling study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Beyond emotions: Social cognitive predictors of COVID-19 vaccination intentions before and after vaccine roll-out.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Understanding the interplay between epidemiological and social cognitve drivers of behaviour change during the Covid-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Development and validation of the pandemic fear perception and adaptability scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Social Vulnerability and Compliance With World Health Organization Advice on Protective Behaviors Against COVID-19 in African and Asia Pacific Countries: Factor Analysis to Develop a Social Vulnerability Index.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Perceived Effectiveness of COVID-19 Preventive Practices and Behavioral Intention: Survey of a Representative Adult Sample in the United States.JMIR human factors · 2023Article
- Observed and self-reported COVID-19 health protection behaviours on a university campus and the impact of a single simple intervention.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Media exposure, threat processing, and mitigation behaviors in Gulf Coast residents facing the co-occurring threats of COVID-19 and hurricanes.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2023Article
- Effects of Cognitive Appraisals on Perceived Self-Efficacy and Distress during the COVID-19 Lockdown: An Empirical Analysis Based on Structural Equation Modeling.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Personal protective behaviors in response to COVID-19: a longitudinal application of protection motivation theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Handwashing adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study based on protection motivation theory.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Observational
- Interplay of Digital Proximity App Use and SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake in Switzerland: Analysis of Two Population-Based Cohort Studies.International journal of public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesWithout pharmaceutical measures available, endorsement of protective behaviours, such as hygiene behaviours, social distancing, and adherence to recommended behaviours in case of symptoms is of key importance to curb the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Based on an extended version of the protection motivation theory, this study examined the role of perceived risks to oneself and to others, self-efficacy, response efficacy, and perceived social norms for intentions to and the endorsement of several protective behaviours and alternative behaviours known to be ineffective. Further, it was hypothesised that effects of risk perceptions depended on high levels of self-efficacy.
designData were collected by telephone at the beginning of the lockdown in Switzerland with a large sample (N = 1,009) representative of the adult Swiss population.
methodsAll predictors (self-efficacy, response efficacy, perceived social norms, intentions) but risk perceptions were assessed for hygiene behaviours, social distancing, adherence to recommended behaviours in case of symptoms, and alternative measures known to be ineffective.
resultsAcross all analyses of intentions for and endorsement of protective and alternative behaviours, response efficacy and self-efficacy emerged as the most important predictors. Social norms were mainly related to intentions, but not to behaviours. The different risk perceptions were rarely and inconsistently related to intentions and behaviours. No consistent pattern of interactions between self-efficacy and risk perceptions emerged.
conclusionThis study demonstrates that even in the face of a pandemic of an unknown virus, the resources (self-efficacy, response efficacy) rather than the risk perceptions have the potential to promote protective behaviours.
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