Dispositional pandemic worry and the health belief model: promoting vaccination during pandemic events

Scherr, Courtney L.; Jensen, Jakob D.; Christy, Katheryn R.

doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdw101

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“…Finally, threat-related appraisals of illness severity and controllability were related to worry about H1N1 in a large community sample (Scherr et al, 2017 ). Combined, these results suggest that individuals’ pre-existing beliefs, as well as how they interpret contamination and the pandemic threat itself, contribute to anxiety responses.…”

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A Perfect Storm? Health Anxiety, Contamination Fears, and COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Past Pandemics and Current Challenges

2021

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Section: Psychological Constructs Linked To Past Pandemicsmentioning

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A Perfect Storm? Health Anxiety, Contamination Fears, and COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Past Pandemics and Current Challenges

2021

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“…Considering the relatively small indirect effects in the current study, alternative mechanisms may be plausible. For example, research has demonstrated the essential role of self-efficacy in influencing individuals’ attitudes towards the epidemic and the intentions for health-protective behaviours, 27 28 suggesting that self-efficacy may be an alternative mechanism underlying the association between perceived effectiveness of public health policies and attitudes towards pandemic control. Future research is needed to identify other potential mediators.…”

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Perceived effectiveness of public health measures and positive attitudes during a pandemic: a large cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China

Chu

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ObjectivesBuilding individuals’ positive attitudes during a pandemic is essential for facilitating psychological resilience. However, little is known about how public health measures may improve people’s positive attitudes during a pandemic. We investigated the potential mechanism underlying the association between individuals’ perceived effectiveness of public health measures and positive attitudes towards the success of pandemic control during the COVID-19 pandemic, by examining the parallel mediating effects of three types of threat appraisals: concerns about contracting the virus, perceived impact of the pandemic on life and estimated duration of the pandemic.Design, setting and participantsIn February 2020 when the COVID-19 infection was spreading rapidly in China, a large cross-sectional survey was conducted among 132 054 adults from the 16 districts in Shanghai, China.Outcome measuresPerceived effectiveness of the public health measures, positive attitudes towards the success of pandemic control and threat appraisals.ResultsResults of structural equation modelling supported the hypothesised mediation model: perceived effectiveness of public health measures was associated with lower levels of concerns about contracting the virus (β=−0.20), perceived impact of the pandemic (β=−0.13) and perceived duration of the pandemic (β=−0.20), which were then associated with higher levels of positive attitudes towards the success of pandemic control (βs=−0.12 to −0.25).ConclusionsThe findings suggest that threat appraisals may be important pathways through which individuals’ evaluations of prevention strategies may influence their attitudes towards the success of pandemic control. The health authorities should consider reducing people’s inappropriate threat appraisals when designing public health policies to facilitate people’s positive attitudes during a pandemic.

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“…Existing research on anxiety in response to past pandemic illness threats has considered OCD-related factors such as disgust sensitivity ( Wheaton et al, 2012 ) and obsessive beliefs (Brand et al, 2012). Other work has looked at factors related to illness anxiety, such as body vigilance ( Wheaton et al, 2012 ), anxiety sensitivity (Reuman et al 2017) and threat-related appraisals of illness severity and controllability ( Scherr et al, 2017 ). A recent study found that fear of contracting COVID-19 was predicted by disgust propensity and anxiety sensitivity ( McKay et al, 2020 ).…”

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Intolerance of uncertainty as a factor linking obsessive-compulsive symptoms, health anxiety and concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States

Wheaton

Messner

Marks

2021

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

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Dispositional pandemic worry and the health belief model: promoting vaccination during pandemic events

Abstract: Messages increasing dispositional worry and benefits while decreasing barriers may boost vaccination behavior during a pandemic event. Future study of relationships between dispositional worry and HBM variables is warranted.

Cited by 34 publications

References 35 publications

A Perfect Storm? Health Anxiety, Contamination Fears, and COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Past Pandemics and Current Challenges

A Perfect Storm? Health Anxiety, Contamination Fears, and COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Past Pandemics and Current Challenges

Perceived effectiveness of public health measures and positive attitudes during a pandemic: a large cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China

Intolerance of uncertainty as a factor linking obsessive-compulsive symptoms, health anxiety and concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States

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