Sneezing in Times of a Flu Pandemic

Lee, Spike W.S.; Schwarz, Robert; Taubman, Danielle S.; Hou, Mengyuan

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“…Other studies document the changes in individual perceptions and intended behaviors but not the changes in observed behavior due to the H1N1 pandemic. Lee et al [ 6 ] show that exposure to an individual sneezing in public significantly increases risk perceptions across a variety of related and unrelated health threats. Gidengil, Parker, and Zikmund-Fisher [ 21 ] find that risk perceptions track objective viral infections by increasing initially and then decreasing throughout the pandemic.…”

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“…First, using nationally representative survey data, we measure risk perceptions and preferences in the context of a pandemic using two measures of risk perceptions (perceived probability of contracting COVID-19 and the number of risky places constructed as the sum of the places that the respondent deems as having a positive risk of contracting the virus) and one measure of risk preferences (self-assessed risk aversion), and examine the factors that correlate with these measures. While previous health-related research focused on measuring risk perceptions during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic [ 5 , 6 ], these studies did not include measurements of risk preferences. Second, by using the three different risk measures, we present an approach to disentangling the multi-dimensional nature of risk by examining how risk perceptions and risk preferences differentially correlate with an individual’s adoption of COVID-19 mitigation practices.…”

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Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

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In the midst of a global pandemic, prevention methods stand as a crucial first step toward addressing the public health crisis and controlling the spread of the virus. However, slowing the spread of the virus hinges on the public’s willingness to follow a combination of mitigation practices to avoid contracting and transmitting the disease. In this study, we investigate the factors related to individuals’ risk perceptions associated with COVID-19 as well as their general self-assessed risk preferences. We also provide insights regarding the role of risk perceptions and preferences on mitigation behavior by examining the correlation between these risk measures and both the likelihood of following various mitigation practices and total number of practices followed. Although we find both risk perceptions and preferences to be significantly correlated with mitigation behaviors, risk perceptions are correlated with a larger number of practices. Additionally, we find significant heterogeneity in mitigation behaviors across numerous individual and household characteristics. These results can serve as a benchmark for the design and development of interventions to increase awareness and promote higher adoption of mitigation practices.

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Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

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“…Two naturalistic experiments illustrate it (Lee et al, 2010). The first experiment was conducted 3 weeks after the first documented case of human infection in the United States, while H1N1 remained the primary focus of media attention.…”

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Risk Overgeneralization in Times of a Contagious Disease Threat

2020

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People's assessment of risks is swayed by their current feelings. COVID-19 invokes powerful feelings because it is (i) a salient, enormous threat, (ii) unfamiliar, and (iii) intertwined with xenophobia. These three factors are known to exert predictable influence on people's risk overgeneralization, policy preference, and sociopolitical attitudes. We provide a succinct, illustrative review of empirical work on these dynamics in times of a disease outbreak (e.g., the 2009 H1N1 swine flu, the 2014 Ebola). Theoretical and applied implications for the present COVID-19 pandemic include the value of salience in motivating public opinion change, the importance of reducing unfamiliarity for curbing risk-averse tendencies, and the need for policies that guard against xenophobia-driven racism in collaborative efforts.

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“…Given the well-recognized similarity between the pandemic and climate change 14,15,20 , increased pandemic risk perception might directly stimulate risk perception of climate change. Also, researches have con rmed that negative feelings caused by a former risk event can subsequently increase the risk perception of another threat even independent of similarity between the domains of these two risks [23][24][25] . According to the risk-as-feeling hypothesis 22 or "the affect heuristic" 25 , affective reactions to risks do not necessarily depend on cognitive process 26 , thus affect elicited by one risk might consequently in uence risk perception of another threat 24 .…”

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“…Also, researches have con rmed that negative feelings caused by a former risk event can subsequently increase the risk perception of another threat even independent of similarity between the domains of these two risks [23][24][25] . According to the risk-as-feeling hypothesis 22 or "the affect heuristic" 25 , affective reactions to risks do not necessarily depend on cognitive process 26 , thus affect elicited by one risk might consequently in uence risk perception of another threat 24 . For example, reading a sad story could increase the frequency estimates of a closely related risk as much as that of an unrelated risk while reading a happy story could decrease the subsequent estimates 23 .…”

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Higher perceived risk of COVID-19 pandemic, higher concern for climate change: evidence from a longitudinal study in China

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2020

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COVID-19 is raging globally taking a huge toll on public health. Although there seems to be a silver lining regarding mitigation of climate change given decreased emission of greenhouse gases during the pandemic, climate disruption actually constantly keeps apace. Therefore, it is important for the public to maintain alert to climate change amid the devastating pandemic. The current longitudinal study made a preliminary exploration of the relationship between public risk perception of the pandemic and climate change and we examined two possibly competing mediators which might lead to opposite effects—negative emotions and limited cognitive resources. The results show that pandemic risk perception has positive predictive effect on climate change concern mediated by negative emotions, but public attention to climate change is not impaired by increased concern for the pandemic. We discuss the value of our results and offer inspiring advice to better address climate change during COVID-19 outbreak.

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Sneezing in Times of a Flu Pandemic

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Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Risk Overgeneralization in Times of a Contagious Disease Threat

Higher perceived risk of COVID-19 pandemic, higher concern for climate change: evidence from a longitudinal study in China

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