TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual and collective protective responses during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 different countries
T2 - Results from the EUCLID online survey
AU - Koller, Julia E.
AU - Villinger, Karoline
AU - Lages, Nadine C.
AU - Absetz, Pilvikki
AU - Bamert, Melanie
AU - Branquinho, Cátia
AU - Chaves-Avilés, Lourdes
AU - Dimitropoulou, Panagiota
AU - Fernández-Fernández, Ana Lucía
AU - Gaspar de Matos, Margarida
AU - Griskevica, Inguna
AU - Gutiérrez-Doña, Benicio
AU - Hankonen, Nelli
AU - Inauen, Jennifer
AU - Jordanova Peshevska, Dimitrinka
AU - Kassianos, Angelos P.
AU - Kolsenikova, Jelena
AU - Lavrič, Meta
AU - Mitanovska, Tamara
AU - Neter, Efrat
AU - Poštuvan, Vita
AU - Trups-Kalne, Ingrida
AU - Vargas-Carmiol, Jorge
AU - Schupp, Harald T.
AU - Renner, Britta
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2117–422037984 (the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour), and under FOR 2374 (RiskDynamics), and by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF, Federal Ministry of Education and Research) under 01EL1820A (SMARTACT). The funding sources had no involvement in the study's design; the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; the writing of the manuscript; and the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Funding Information:
The authors have no competing interests to declare. The project was approved by the ethics committee of the University of Konstanz (ID number: 07/2020) and adhered to the guidelines of the German Psychological Society and the declaration of Helsinki. All participants gave written informed consent before their participation. We would like to thank Joke M. Debbeler, Hannah Oppenheimer, Isabel Brünecke, Kai D. Engel, Sofia Grieble, Leonie Hartmann, Peer C. Homann, Sarah Höschele, Anna Katz, Robin Kaufmann, Kim M. Koppe, Jennifer Martens, Vanessa C. Radtke, Friederike Roelcke, Sarah Rogula, Wiebke Schneider, Leonie Schuhmacher, Johanna Stähler and Nelly Theiss for their valuable support and Tony Arthur for proofreading the manuscript. This study was funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2117–422037984 (the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour), and under FOR 2374 (RiskDynamics), and by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF, Federal Ministry of Education and Research) under 01EL1820A (SMARTACT). The funding sources had no involvement in the study's design; the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; the writing of the manuscript; and the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Background: In times of unprecedented infectious disease threats, it is essential to understand how to increase individual protective behaviors and support for collective measures. The present study therefore examines factors associated with individual and collective pathways. Methods: Data was collected through an online survey from 4483 participants (70.8% female, M = 41.2 years) across 10 countries from April 15, 2020 to June 2, 2020 as part of the "EUCLID" project (https://euclid.dbvis.de). Structural equation modeling was used to examine individual and collective pathways across and within countries. Results: Overall, the adoption of individual protective behaviors and support for collective measures were high. Risk perception on the individual level and perceived effectiveness at the collective level were positively associated with both individual protective behaviors and support for collective measures. Furthermore, the model explained considerable variance in individual (40.7%) and collective protective behaviors (40.8%) and was largely replicated across countries. Conclusions: The study extends previous research by demonstrating that individual risk perception and perceived effectiveness of collective measures jointly affect individual protective health behaviors and support for collective measures. These findings highlight the need to jointly consider a variety of behavioral actions against infectious disease threats, acknowledging interactions between individual and collective pathways.
AB - Background: In times of unprecedented infectious disease threats, it is essential to understand how to increase individual protective behaviors and support for collective measures. The present study therefore examines factors associated with individual and collective pathways. Methods: Data was collected through an online survey from 4483 participants (70.8% female, M = 41.2 years) across 10 countries from April 15, 2020 to June 2, 2020 as part of the "EUCLID" project (https://euclid.dbvis.de). Structural equation modeling was used to examine individual and collective pathways across and within countries. Results: Overall, the adoption of individual protective behaviors and support for collective measures were high. Risk perception on the individual level and perceived effectiveness at the collective level were positively associated with both individual protective behaviors and support for collective measures. Furthermore, the model explained considerable variance in individual (40.7%) and collective protective behaviors (40.8%) and was largely replicated across countries. Conclusions: The study extends previous research by demonstrating that individual risk perception and perceived effectiveness of collective measures jointly affect individual protective health behaviors and support for collective measures. These findings highlight the need to jointly consider a variety of behavioral actions against infectious disease threats, acknowledging interactions between individual and collective pathways.
KW - Collective measures
KW - Cross-amplification
KW - Cross-country differences
KW - Protective behavior
KW - Risk perception
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.06.012
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.06.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 35709963
AN - SCOPUS:85132893677
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 122
SP - 356
EP - 364
JO - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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