Sustained Effects of Government Response on the COVID-19 Infection Rate in China: A Multiple Mediation Analysis

Duan, Taixiang; Zhou, Sun; Shi, Guangming

doi:10.3390/ijerph182312422

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“…Public risk perception (RP) changes with time, which is an important consideration in public health emergencies and risk management decision-making ( 3 ), while its role can be easily overlooked in the construction of emergency management systems. RP is defined as the subjective judgment people make about the characteristics and severity of risks ( 4 ), which was likely to be influenced by many factors like personal characteristics, health literacy during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic ( 5 – 7 ).…”

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Analyzing Risk Communication, Trust, Risk Perception, Negative Emotions, and Behavioral Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China Using a Structural Equation Model

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Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveRisk communication and the degree of trust are major factors that affect the public's behavioral coping strategies and play an important role in emergency risk management. However, the internal formation mechanism involved in the public's psychological behavior remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association among risk communication, trust, risk perception, negative emotions, and behavioral coping strategies during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and to identify and quantify the factors that influence public behavior.MethodsWe launched an online survey through social media from April to July 2020 in China. Relevant data were elicited using a self-designed questionnaire that mainly examined respondent characteristics, risk communication, trust, risk perception, negative emotions, protective coping behavior, and excessive coping behavior in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 735 valid responses were obtained. A structural equation model was then used to explore relationship pathways among the components.ResultsThe higher the degree of risk communication (β = −0.10, p < 0.05) and trust (β = −0.22, p < 0.001), the lower the public risk perception. Risk communication and trust had a direct effect on public behavioral coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The higher the level of risk communication (β = 0.14, p < 0.001) or trust (β = 0.48, p < 0.001), the more likely it was that this would encourage the public to adopt protective coping behaviors, while the public was less likely to engage in excessive coping behaviors as the degree of trust increased (β = −0.12, p < 0.01). Risk perception influenced by poor risk communication and trust generated negative emotions (β = 0.31, p < 0.001), and such negative emotions further positively influenced public behavioral coping strategies (whether protective [β = 0.09, p < 0.05] or excessive [β = 0.24, p < 0.001] behaviors).ConclusionRisk communication, trust, risk perception, and negative emotions were significantly directly or indirectly related to public behavior. The findings provide useful information for emergency risk management and a theoretical basis for follow-up research on public coping behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Analyzing Risk Communication, Trust, Risk Perception, Negative Emotions, and Behavioral Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China Using a Structural Equation Model

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“…Public risk perception (RP) is defined as the subjective judgment people make about the characteristics and severity of risks [ 35 ], which is an essential consideration in public health emergencies and risk management decision-making [ 36 ]. A qualitative study revealed that people influenced by information and advice campaigns perceive a risk that has shaped their protective behavior [ 10 ].…”

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Configurations for positive public behaviors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis

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BMC Public Health

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Background The COVID-19 crisis poses considerable threats to public health, and exploring the key configuration conditions of the public behavior response is very important for emergency risk management. Objective This study attempts to reveal differences in the conditional configuration and mechanism of public behavior based on the proposed framework, further make up for the deficiencies of existing research in explaining such issues as “How to promote the public’s protective behavior or reduce the public’s excessive behavior?” and finally provide new evidence and ideas for the government to improve the emergency management system. Methods A total of 735 valid cases were obtained using an online survey and revealed the conditional configuration and mechanism of public behavior differences through a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis based on the proposed public behavioral framework. Results The results show that critical factors including risk communication, trust, risk perception, and negative emotions alone did not constitute a necessary condition for public protective or excessive behavior. The different configurations of influencing factors reveal the complexity of public behavioral risk management, and taking adequate measures to increase public trust and reduce negative public emotions constitute the core path of risk management to enhance positive public behavior. Conclusions The configurations of various influencing factors reveal the complexity of public behavioral risk management. For behavioral risk management, governments should focus on adapting to multiple conditions according to their situations and, under the “overall perspective,” formulate policies based on local conditions and further form a differentiated risk management path. Practically speaking, for the government, taking adequate measures to increase public trust and reduce negative public emotions is the core path of risk management to enhance positive public behavior.

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“…Although several effective vaccines against the virus have been developed to date [3], nations are still applying previous control guidelines made to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 [4,5]. Protective measures include social exclusion, closure of educational institutions, restrictions on events and social gatherings, regulations on the use of personal protective equipment (especially masks), travel restrictions, border closures and ongoing testing [6][7][8]. In addition, some nations have declared a state of emergency and introduced a partial lockdown to control the current third wave [9,10], which has restricted the movement of people and thus has an impact on the world of work [11][12][13].…”

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Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Hungarian Employees

2022

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The economic crisis in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic is affecting the lives, jobs and incomes of a lot of people. Certain sectors of the economy have come to a standstill or stalled for a time, causing many to lose their jobs and be forced to pursue other career options than originally planned. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a deep economic crisis that caused workers to feel insecure, which also had a negative impact on the lives and characteristics of individuals at work. In the course of our research, we conducted a survey of employees in small and medium-sized enterprises in Hungary in order to find out how the coronavirus crisis affected them. In Hungary, the sectors most affected by the epidemic (e.g., hospitality, tourism, automotive) had an intense impact, as the consequences of restrictions on mobility and social distance emerged in the very early stages of the crisis. The survey was conducted in July 2021 after the end of the second wave of the epidemic, with a total of 613 participants. Our results confirmed that the coronavirus crisis had a significant impact on the respondents’ feelings of job insecurity and financial situation. There is a significant connection between the downsizing of Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises and the feeling of job insecurity among employees. There was also a significant link between the organizational measures taken against the crisis and the financial situation of the employees. Thus, based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that the coronavirus crisis has had a negative impact on the lives of individuals through the workplaces.

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Sustained Effects of Government Response on the COVID-19 Infection Rate in China: A Multiple Mediation Analysis

Cited by 4 publications

References 55 publications

Analyzing Risk Communication, Trust, Risk Perception, Negative Emotions, and Behavioral Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China Using a Structural Equation Model

Analyzing Risk Communication, Trust, Risk Perception, Negative Emotions, and Behavioral Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China Using a Structural Equation Model

Configurations for positive public behaviors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis

Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Hungarian Employees

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