ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2021
Beyond political affiliation: an examination of the relationships between social factors and perceptions of and responses to COVID-19.
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- Between resistance and adaptation in COVID-19 times: The outbreak daily prevalence moderates the association between conspiracy thinking and adherence to government protocols.British journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Predictors of mental health among U.S. adults during COVID-19 early pandemic, mid- pandemic, and post-vaccine eras.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Role of Social Media in Knowledge, Perceptions, and Self-Reported Adherence Toward COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR infodemiology · 2024Article
- Worldview Orientations and Personal and Social Risk Perceptions for COVID-19 in a U.S. Population-Based Sample.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2023Article
- Investigation of the predictive influence of personal and gubernatorial politics on COVID-19 related behaviors and beliefs.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Effects of trust, risk perception, and health behavior on COVID-19 disease burden: Evidence from a multi-state US survey.PloS one · 2022Article
- Viruses, Vaccines, and COVID-19: Explaining and Improving Risky Decision-making.Journal of applied research in memory and cognition · 2021Article
- Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
A significant challenge in the United States' response to COVID-19 continues to be wide variation in the extent to which individuals believe the virus is a credible health threat and are willing to undertake measures to protect personal and public health. In this study, data were collected from a national sample of 1141 participants from the United States to examine how beliefs and behavioral responses to COVID-19 have been shaped by sociopolitical characteristics. The relationships between social predictors; perceived severity, knowledge, and fear of the virus; and health behaviors were tested using path analysis. Social characteristics significantly predicted perceived severity, knowledge, and fear, as well as health behaviors, even after controlling for an objective indicator of the risk of contracting the virus. Our findings suggest that perceptions and knowledge of the virus, especially believing that the virus poses a serious threat to one's individual health, are important determinants of behavior, but also that perceptions and knowledge are strongly driven by social and cultural factors above and beyond political affiliation.
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