In an online sample of 1054 Italian community-dwelling adults, we assessed the relationships between the frequency of implementation of practices intended to prevent COVID-19 infection, degree of agreement with theories about the origin of the infections, and the frequency of use of different sources of information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that participants’ COVID-19-related preventive behaviors and causal beliefs were significantly associated with selected demographic variables and frequency of use of specific sources of information (e.g. scientific journals vs social media).

COVID-19 pandemic preventive behaviors and causal beliefs among Italian community dwelling adults / Somma, A.; Gialdi, G.; Frau, C.; Barranca, M.; Fossati, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1359-1053. - 27:3(2022), pp. 601-611. [10.1177/1359105320962243]

COVID-19 pandemic preventive behaviors and causal beliefs among Italian community dwelling adults

Somma A.
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;
Gialdi G.
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Fossati A.
Ultimo
2022-01-01

Abstract

In an online sample of 1054 Italian community-dwelling adults, we assessed the relationships between the frequency of implementation of practices intended to prevent COVID-19 infection, degree of agreement with theories about the origin of the infections, and the frequency of use of different sources of information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that participants’ COVID-19-related preventive behaviors and causal beliefs were significantly associated with selected demographic variables and frequency of use of specific sources of information (e.g. scientific journals vs social media).
2022
causal beliefs
COVID-19
Italian epidemic
preventive behaviors
sources of information
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