Relationship between perceived risk and compliance to infection control measures during the first year of a pandemicuse asterix (*) to get italics

Sebastian Bjørkheim, Sigurd Hystad, Bjørn SætrevikPlease use the format "First name initials family name" as in "Marie S. Curie, Niels H. D. Bohr, Albert Einstein, John R. R. Tolkien, Donna T. Strickland"

2023

<p>The way people perceive health risks is often assumed to influence how they adopt precautionary measures. However, people’s assessment of a given phenomenon’s risk may vary over time, and the relationship between perceived risk and compliance with protective measures may be dynamic and bi-directional. We measured the perceived risk of COVID-19 and compliance with infection control measures for a large representative sample at four time-points during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. We employ a cross-lagged panel analysis to investigate both the cross-sectional and the temporal association between perceived risk and compliance. We [found / did not find] cross-sectional associations between perceived risk and compliance at [0-4] of the time points. The temporal associations showed that risk at [the first / the second / the third] time-points had [no / weak / strong / negative / positive] association with compliance at the subsequent time-point. Further, compliance at [the first / the second / the third] time-points had [no / weak / strong / negative / positive] association with risk at the subsequent time-point. The results suggest that the relationship between perceived risk and compliance with COVID-19 infection control measures is [bi-directional/unidirectional] and [stable/unstable] over time. A multiverse analysis showed that the relationships between perceived risk and compliance were [robust / not robust] to different operationalizations of perceived risk. This highlights the need for a nuanced understanding of how risk perceptions impact behavior during a pandemic.</p>

Perceived risk; Threat; Compliance; COVID-19; Health protective behavior; Cross-lagged analysis

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Social sciences

Sarah Dekeyser [sarah.dekeyser@uclouvain.be] suggested: I declined the invitation because it is been more than 2 years since I worked on this topic. Therefore, I think I am not the best-suited person for the review. , Sarah Dekeyser [sarah.dekeyser@uclouvain.be] suggested: You can contact the team of the Motivation Barometer (olivier.luminet@uclouvain.be; vincent.yzerbyt@uclouvain.be; olivier.klein@ulb.be and many more https://motivationbarometer.com/fr/team/), which is composed of PhD and Professor of several Belgian universities. The team published a lot of interesting papers on the topic., Olivier Klein [olivier.klein@ulb.be] suggested: Joachim Waterschoot : Joachim.Waterschoot@UGent.be , Olivier Klein [olivier.klein@ulb.be] suggested: Maarten.Vansteenkiste@UGent.be , Olivier Klein [olivier.klein@ulb.be] suggested: olivier.luminet@uclouvain.be , Olivier Klein [olivier.klein@ulb.be] suggested: omer.vandenbergh@kuleuven.be , Pascaline Van Oost [pascaline.vanoost@uclouvain.be] suggested: omer van den berghe omer.vandenbergh@kuleuven.be , Pascaline Van Oost [pascaline.vanoost@uclouvain.be] suggested: sofie morbée Sofie.Morbee@UGent.be, Nicolao Bonini [nicolao.bonini@unitn.it] suggested: Lucia.savadori@unitn.it, Ivana Hromatko [ihromatk@ffzg.hr] suggested: Mirjana Tonković, PhD, mtonkovic@ffzg.hr, Mirjana Tonković [mtonkovic@ffzg.hr] suggested: Mitja Ružojčić mruzojci@ffzg.hr

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2023-10-25 10:16:57

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