The relationship between government trust and preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: Exploring the roles of knowledge and negative emotion

Chen, Min; Shen, Fei; Yu, Wenwu; Chu, Yajie

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106288

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“…Recent surveys indicate an increase in social media usage among both Chinese and Americans, including college students, to obtain pandemic-related information [ 43 , 44 ]. During the COVID-19 outbreak, public media have broadcast the substantial efforts of governments (including those of China and the United States) to provide reliable information such as usefulness and effectiveness about necessary preventive behaviors [ 45 ]. Understandably, Chinese and American college students might be directly or indirectly exposed to the prevention information and influenced by such information; thus, they are exhibiting no difference in perceiving the benefits of enacting stay-at-home behaviors during the pandemic.…”

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Cross-Country Differences in Stay-at-Home Behaviors during Peaks in the COVID-19 Pandemic in China and the United States: The Roles of Health Beliefs and Behavioral Intention

Hong

Liu

Ding

et al. 2021

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The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rapidly escalated to a global pandemic. To control the rate of transmission, governments advocated that the public practice social distancing, which included staying at home. However, compliance with stay-at-home orders has varied between countries such as China and the United States, and little is known about the mechanisms underlying the national differences. Based on the health belief model, the theory of reasoned action, and the technology acceptance model, health beliefs and behavioral intention are suggested as possible explanations. A total of 498 Chinese and 292 American college students were recruited to complete an online survey. The structural equation modeling results showed that health beliefs (i.e., perceived susceptibility, severity, and barriers) and behavioral intention played multiple mediating roles in the association between nationality and actual stay-at-home behaviors. Notably, the effect via perceived barriers → behavioral intention was stronger than the effects via perceived susceptibility and severity → behavioral intention. That is, American participants perceived high levels of susceptibility whereas Chinese participants perceived high levels of severity, especially few barriers, which further led to increased behavioral intention and more frequent stay-at-home behaviors. These findings not only facilitate a comprehensive understanding of cross-country differences in compliance with stay-at-home orders during peaks in the COVID-19 pandemic but also lend support for mitigation of the current global crisis and future disease prevention and health promotion efforts.

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Cross-Country Differences in Stay-at-Home Behaviors during Peaks in the COVID-19 Pandemic in China and the United States: The Roles of Health Beliefs and Behavioral Intention

Hong

Liu

Ding

et al. 2021

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“…Following Min et al [ 21 ], we measured political trust with a two-item scale assessing trust in the central government and local government. Participants responded using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (completely distrust) to 5 (completely trust).…”

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“…In accordance with previous studies [ 20 , 21 ], age, gender, marital status, and income were included as covariates in all analyses.…”

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“…From among a range of psychosocial factors, previous research has demonstrated that risk perception is positively related with fear [ 14 , 17 , 18 ], and fear is significantly positively associated with preventive behaviors [ 14 , 19 , 20 ]. However, research has also shown contrasting evidence on the positive effects of fear [ 21 ]. Thus, the role of fear in the relationship between risk perception and preventive behaviors has not yet been revealed.…”

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“…Considering the special nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the association between political trust and preventive behaviors has also been a key factor in previous research. Government trust was shown to be positively related to compliance with preventive behaviors [ 21 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]; however, there have been conflicting findings [ 29 , 30 ].…”

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Pathways Improving Compliance with Preventive Behaviors during the Remission Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wang

Rao

Han

2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant threat to people’s lives. Compliance with preventive behaviors, recommended by public health authorities, is essential for infection control. In the remission stage, one year after the initial COVID-19 outbreak in China, we advanced a moderated parallel mediation model of the link between risk perception and compliance with preventive behaviors as well as a serial mediation model of the link between optimism and compliance with preventive behaviors, explaining the roles of various psychosocial factors in these associations. In January 2021, 200 participants under 50 years of age, located in 80 Chinese cities, participated in an online survey assessing risk perception, compliance with preventive behaviors, fear, anxiety, political trust, government dependency, and dispositional optimism. The results showed that the effect of risk perception on compliance with preventive behaviors was mediated by political trust and fear, and was moderated by government dependency. Anxiety and fear serially mediated the effect of optimism on compliance with preventive behaviors. Our study provided implications for future research to reduce negative emotions, strengthen confidence in the government, and sustain moderate government dependency accompanied by individual self-efficacy.

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The association between depression and non‐compliance with COVID‐19 preventive behaviors in South Korean older adults stratified by sex

Lee

Kim

Park

et al. 2023

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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Objectives This study evaluated the association between depression and non‐compliance with COVID‐19 preventive behaviors among community‐dwelling South Korean older adults. Methods We utilized the 2020 Korean Community Health Survey—a community‐based nationwide survey. A score of 10 points or higher on the Patient Health Questionnaire‐9 was defined as depression. Non‐compliance with COVID‐19 preventive behaviors was assessed on the following three behaviors: washing hands, wearing masks, and watching distance. We also included socio‐demographic characteristics, health behaviors, and COVID‐19‐related characteristics as covariates. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed, and all statistical analyses were stratified by sex. Results The 70,693 participants included 29,736 men and 40,957 women. Notably, 2.3% of men and 4.2% of women had depression. Non‐compliance with washing hands was significantly higher in men than women (1.3% vs. 0.9%), whereas no significant differences were observed in wearing masks and watching distance. The adjusted logistic regression analysis showed that depression was positively associated with non‐compliance with washing hands and watching distance in both sexes. The association between depression and non‐compliance with wearing masks was significant only in women. Conclusions There was an association between depression and non‐compliance with COVID‐19 preventive behaviors in South Korean older adults. This signifies that health providers need to reduce depression to improve compliance with preventive behaviors in older adults.

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The relationship between government trust and preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: Exploring the roles of knowledge and negative emotion

Cited by 82 publications

References 16 publications

Cross-Country Differences in Stay-at-Home Behaviors during Peaks in the COVID-19 Pandemic in China and the United States: The Roles of Health Beliefs and Behavioral Intention

Cross-Country Differences in Stay-at-Home Behaviors during Peaks in the COVID-19 Pandemic in China and the United States: The Roles of Health Beliefs and Behavioral Intention

Pathways Improving Compliance with Preventive Behaviors during the Remission Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The association between depression and non‐compliance with COVID‐19 preventive behaviors in South Korean older adults stratified by sex

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