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ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2021

What Drives Preventive Health Behavior During a Global Pandemic? Emotion and Worry.

Karin G Coifman, David J Disabato, Pallavi Aurora, T H Stanley Seah, Benjamin Mitchell, Nicolle Simonovic, Jeremy L Foust, Pooja Gupta Sidney, Clarissa A Thompson, Jennifer M Taber

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Article in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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10 authors.

Karin G CoifmanDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2372-0081
David J DisabatoDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
Pallavi AuroraDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
T H Stanley SeahDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
Benjamin MitchellDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
Nicolle SimonovicDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
Jeremy L FoustDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
Pooja Gupta SidneyDepartment of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Clarissa A ThompsonDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
Jennifer M TaberDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.

Funding

Applied Psychology Center, Kent State UniversityU.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences Grant R305U200004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND & PURPOSE: Primary prevention of COVID-19 has focused on encouraging compliance with specific behaviors that restrict contagion. This investigation sought to characterize engagement in these behaviors in U.S. adults early during the pandemic and to build explanatory models of the psychological processes that drive them.

methodsUS adults were recruited through Qualtrics Research Panels (N = 324; 55% female; Mage = 50.91, SD = 15.98) and completed 10 days of online reports of emotion, COVID-19 perceived susceptibility and worry, and recommended behaviors (social distancing, hand washing, etc.). Factor analysis revealed behaviors loaded on two factors suggesting distinct motivational orientations: approach and avoidance.

resultsChanges in approach and avoidance behaviors over the 10 days indicated large individual differences consistent with three types of participants. Discrete emotions, including fear, guilt/shame, and happiness were associated with more recommended behaviors. Fear and COVID-19 worry indirectly influenced each other to facilitate more behavioral engagement. While emotions and worry strongly predicted individual differences in behavior across the 10 days, they did not predict as well why behaviors occurred on one day versus another.

conclusionsThese findings suggest how daily affective processes motivate behavior, improving the understanding of compliance and efforts to target behaviors as primary prevention of disease.

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CognitionEmotionsHealth BehaviorMotivationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCommunicable Disease ControlCOVID-19Ecological Momentary AssessmentFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2COVID-19EmotionHealth BehaviorHealth CognitionPrevention

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PMID34165145
PMCPMC8344868

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