ArticleBJPsych open2021
Health anxiety, perceived risk and perceived control in following recommended preventive measures during early COVID-19 response in Romania.
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- Resilience, perceived control, and intention to receive additional vaccines for COVID-19 among healthcare university students: Mediating role of knowledge of vaccine and infection-preventive behaviors.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS · 2025Article
- The prevalence and determinants of health anxiety during the covid-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS mental health · 2024Article
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- How Does COVID-19 Risk Perception Affect Sense of Control? The Roles of Death Anxiety and Confucian Coping.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Cross-sectional study of factors related to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among university healthcare students.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Psychological factors responsible for low adherence to mask-wearing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.BJPsych open · 2022Article
- Interoceptive anxiety-related processes: Importance for understanding COVID-19 and future pandemic mental health and addictive behaviors and their comorbidity.Behaviour research and therapy · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundCompliance with government-recommended preventive measures represents a key factor in mitigating the negative consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
aimsThe study investigated the relation between health anxiety, perceived risk and perceived control as predictors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related anxiety and preventive behaviours (both adaptive and dysfunctional/excessive) during the early pandemic response in Romania.
methodData were collected in April-May 2020, and the sample comprised 236 participants, 192 women, mean age 31.44 (s.d. = 10.30, age range 16-67).
resultsOur results showed that health anxiety and perceived control, but not perceived risk predicted adaptive preventive behaviours, whereas dysfunctional behaviours were predicted by health anxiety alone. COVID-19-related anxiety was predicted by health anxiety and perceived risk, with perceived control emerging as a non-significant predictor. Also, we found that the effect of health anxiety on COVID-19-related anxiety was mediated by perceived risk, and that perceived control acted as a moderator in the relation between health anxiety and dysfunctional (but not adaptive) preventive behaviours.
conclusionsOur results suggest health anxiety is a significant predictor of COVID-19-related anxiety and preventive behaviours. Also, adaptive, but not dysfunctional, preventive behaviours were additionally predicted by perceived control, pointing to the important role of control and self-efficacy in explaining adherence to recommendations.
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