Fear of COVID-19 and Trust in the Healthcare System Mediates the Association between Individual’s Risk Perception and Preventive COVID-19 Behaviours among Iranians

Alijanzadeh, Mehran; Ahorsu, Daniel Kwasi; Alimoradi, Zainab; Mahmoudi, Narges; Griffiths, Mark D.; Lin, Chung‐Ying; Liu, Hsien-Kuan; Pakpour, Amir H.

doi:10.3390/ijerph182212146

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“…Further studies are needed to examine the factors that mediate the association between other COVID-19-related variables and COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. These findings are not entirely new as some studies have also examined and established similar relationships between some COVID-19-related variables [32][33][34][35]44].…”

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“…Furthermore, adolescents' perceived stress from COVID-19 was associated with mental health problems (e.g., depression and sleep disorders) and other COVID-19-related variables such as fear of COVID-19 [30][31][32]. Other studies have also examined the relationships between some COVID-19-related variables [33][34][35]. Therefore, it can be deduced that COVID-19-related variables such as fear of COVID-19, believing COVID-19 information, and COVID-19 stress may be related to each other.…”

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Predictors of COVID-19 Stress and COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance among Adolescents in Ghana

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Ahorsu

Chen

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to ravage world economies, and with its recent mutations, countries worldwide are finding ways of ramping up their vaccination programmes. This cross-sectional design study, therefore, examined the predictors of COVID-19 stress and COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among adolescents in Ghana. A total of 817 participants were conveniently selected to respond to measures on fear of COVID-19, perceived stigma from COVID-19, self-stigma from COVID-19, believing COVID-19 information, COVID-19 infection prevention behaviours, COVID-19 stress, and COVID-19 vaccination acceptance. It was found that females believed COVID-19 information and accepted COVID-19 vaccination more than males did. Moreover, there were significant relationships between the majority of the COVID-19-related variables. Furthermore, fear of COVID-19, self-stigma from COVID-19, and COVID-19 infection prevention behaviours were found to be significant predictors of COVID-19 stress. Additionally, believing COVID-19 information, danger and contamination fears (a subscale of COVID-19 stress), and traumatic stress (a subscale of COVID-19 stress) were significant predictors of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance. These findings imply that different factors influence different COVID-19 variable. Therefore, careful considerations and research should be employed by health authorities and policymakers in preparing COVID-19 information to target different age groups and for different COVID-19 purposes.

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Predictors of COVID-19 Stress and COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance among Adolescents in Ghana

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“…The challenges posed by COVID-19 continues unabated [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] . One of the most efficient ways of controlling this pandemic is by vaccination.…”

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The psychometric properties of motors of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance scale (MoVac-COVID19S): A dataset across five regions

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“…Risk Perception and the Intention to Engage in Self-Protective Behaviors During the epidemic, scholars conducted extensive research on why people reacted differently to the epidemic, 17,18 and what factors affected their protection intention and protective behaviors. [19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Study suggested that protective behaviors were influenced by real or perceived risk. A lower perceived risk led to lower adherence to the intention to engage in protective behaviors, and a better understanding of higher risk perception led to higher possibilities of protective behaviors.…”

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Risk Perception, Media, and Ordinary People’s Intention to Engage in Self-Protective Behaviors in the Early Stage of COVID-19 Pandemic in China

Xu¹,

Wu²

2022

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Objective This study aims to examine how risk perception is associated with engagement in preventative behaviors and testing during the COVID-19 pandemic in the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in February 2020, eventually obtaining 1613 participants, participants’risk perceptions, demographics (sex, age, education level, marital status, and employment status), as well as their engagement in self-protective behaviors and testing were assessed. Results Risk perception significantly affected intention to engage in self-protective behaviors, the more risk people feel, the more likely they intend to take self-protective actions(β =0.0423; P < 0.01), and simultaneously, people obtaining information on COVID-19 from Official microblogs and public accounts(OMPA) (β =0.189; P < 0.01)and Online websites(OW) (β =0.143; P < 0.1)were more inclined to take self-protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also showed that the interaction of risk perception and Online websites negatively affected the intention to engage in self-protective behaviors(β = −0.0374; P < 0.05), and conversely, the interaction of risk perception and Overseas media(OM) positively affected self-protective intention(β = 0.0423; P < 0.1). Conclusion There was a close relationship between the risk perception and the intention to engage in self-protective behaviors. At the same time, the use of media not only directly affected the intention to engage in self-protective behaviors but also moderated the impact of risk perception on the self-protection intention. Specifically, official media directly strengthened the intention to engage in self-protective behaviors. Online websites not only directly affected self-protection intention but also moderated the effect of risk perception on it. Although overseas media had no direct effect on self-protection intention, they moderated the effect of risk perception on it. These conclusions have policy implications for governments’ response to the COVID-19 epidemic.

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Fear of COVID-19 and Trust in the Healthcare System Mediates the Association between Individual’s Risk Perception and Preventive COVID-19 Behaviours among Iranians

Cited by 35 publications

References 33 publications

Predictors of COVID-19 Stress and COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance among Adolescents in Ghana

Predictors of COVID-19 Stress and COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance among Adolescents in Ghana

The psychometric properties of motors of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance scale (MoVac-COVID19S): A dataset across five regions

Risk Perception, Media, and Ordinary People’s Intention to Engage in Self-Protective Behaviors in the Early Stage of COVID-19 Pandemic in China

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