Worry much? Preventive health behaviours related to worry across countries amid COVID-19

被引:10
作者
Kapoor, Hansika [1 ,2 ]
Tagat, Anirudh [1 ]
机构
[1] Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
[2] Univ Connecticut, Storrs, CT USA
基金
英国科研创新办公室;
关键词
approach-avoidance; COVID-19; cross-cultural; preventive health behaviours; public health; CULTURAL VARIATIONS; AVOIDANCE; SELF; DETERMINANTS; PREVALENCE; BELIEFS; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1177/1359105321999090
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
This study examined the relationship between worry and health behaviours using an online survey of 69,033 respondents from 32 countries. We hypothesized that past health behaviours predicted worry experienced, which in turn predicted future health behaviours, and included a metric of cultural distance from the US. Past behaviours such as maintaining physical distance predicted higher worry, whereas worry reduced the likelihood of going outside. Being culturally dissimilar to the US was associated with lower worry. However, cultural distance was not associated with future health behaviours. We analyse worry as an approach-avoidance motivator of health behaviours from a cross-cultural perspective, to facilitate effective health communication strategies.
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页码:1125 / 1136
页数:12
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