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Article: Online Survey of the Impact of COVID-19 Risk and Cost Estimates on Worry and Health Behavior Compliance in Young Adults
Title | Online Survey of the Impact of COVID-19 Risk and Cost Estimates on Worry and Health Behavior Compliance in Young Adults |
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Keywords | COVID-19 decision making probability cost worry |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Frontiers Research Foundation. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.frontiersin.org/Public_Health |
Citation | Frontiers in Public Health, 2021, v. 9, p. article no. 612725 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is associated with elevated rates of anxiety and relatively lower compliance with public health guidelines in younger adults. To develop strategies for reducing anxiety and increasing adherence with health guidelines, it is important to understand the factors that contribute to anxiety and health compliance in the context of COVID-19. Earlier research has shown that greater perceived risk of negative events and their costs are associated with increased anxiety and compliance with health behaviors, but it is unclear what role they play in a novel pandemic surrounded by uncertainty. In the present study we measured (1) perceived risk as the self-reported probability of being infected and experiencing serious symptoms due to COVID-19 and (2) perceived cost as financial, real-world, physical, social, and emotional consequences of being infected with COVID-19. Worry was assessed using the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PWSQ) and health compliance was measured as endorsement of the World Health Organization (WHO) health directives for COVID-19. Our results showed that greater perceived risk and costs of contracting the COVID-19 virus were associated with greater worry and while only costs were associated with greater compliance with health behaviors. Neither self-reported worry nor its interaction with cost estimates was associated with increased engagement in health behaviors. Our results provide important insight into decision making mechanisms involved in both increased anxiety and health compliance in COVID-19 and have implications for developing psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic strategies to target both domains. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/306131 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.895 |
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dc.contributor.author | Imbriano, G | - |
dc.contributor.author | Larsen, EM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mackin, DM | - |
dc.contributor.author | An, AK | - |
dc.contributor.author | Luhmann, CC | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mohanty, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jin, J | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-20T10:19:14Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-20T10:19:14Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Frontiers in Public Health, 2021, v. 9, p. article no. 612725 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2296-2565 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/306131 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is associated with elevated rates of anxiety and relatively lower compliance with public health guidelines in younger adults. To develop strategies for reducing anxiety and increasing adherence with health guidelines, it is important to understand the factors that contribute to anxiety and health compliance in the context of COVID-19. Earlier research has shown that greater perceived risk of negative events and their costs are associated with increased anxiety and compliance with health behaviors, but it is unclear what role they play in a novel pandemic surrounded by uncertainty. In the present study we measured (1) perceived risk as the self-reported probability of being infected and experiencing serious symptoms due to COVID-19 and (2) perceived cost as financial, real-world, physical, social, and emotional consequences of being infected with COVID-19. Worry was assessed using the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PWSQ) and health compliance was measured as endorsement of the World Health Organization (WHO) health directives for COVID-19. Our results showed that greater perceived risk and costs of contracting the COVID-19 virus were associated with greater worry and while only costs were associated with greater compliance with health behaviors. Neither self-reported worry nor its interaction with cost estimates was associated with increased engagement in health behaviors. Our results provide important insight into decision making mechanisms involved in both increased anxiety and health compliance in COVID-19 and have implications for developing psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic strategies to target both domains. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Research Foundation. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.frontiersin.org/Public_Health | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Frontiers in Public Health | - |
dc.rights | This Document is Protected by copyright and was first published by Frontiers. All rights reserved. It is reproduced with permission. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | - |
dc.subject | decision making | - |
dc.subject | probability | - |
dc.subject | cost | - |
dc.subject | worry | - |
dc.title | Online Survey of the Impact of COVID-19 Risk and Cost Estimates on Worry and Health Behavior Compliance in Young Adults | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Jin, J: jinfranj@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Jin, J=rp02610 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fpubh.2021.612725 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33855007 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC8039118 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85104014110 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 328377 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 9 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 612725 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 612725 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000639008000001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Switzerland | - |