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ArticlePortuguese journal of public health2022

Optimistic Youth: Young Adults Predicted a Faster Decrease in Risk during COVID-19 Emergency State in Portugal.

Sara Scaletti, Inês Duarte, Catarina Senra, Jorge Almeida, António Jorge Ferreira, Jon Walbrin, Artur Pilacinski

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Article in Portuguese journal of public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sara ScalettiProaction Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Inês DuarteProaction Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Catarina SenraProaction Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Jorge AlmeidaProaction Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
António Jorge FerreiraFaculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Jon WalbrinProaction Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Artur PilacinskiProaction Lab, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

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Abstract

Perception of risk is known to change throughout the lifespan. Previous studies showed that younger adults are more prone to risk behaviours than older adults. Do these age-related differences influence risk perception during a pandemic crisis? Here, we investigated how age influenced predicted risk during the COVID-19 emergency state in Portugal. We show that time-projected estimations (e.g., appraisals based on 'now' vs. 'in two weeks' time', or 'in four weeks' time') of both risk behaviour and importance of transmission prevention decrease over time. Importantly, projected risk decreased more steeply for younger than older adults. Our findings suggest that younger adults have a different perception of epidemic-related risk than older adults. This seems to support the view that public health policy making during epidemics should differentially target younger adults.

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Age differencesCOVID-19Public healthRisk perception

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PMCPMC9148902

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