Predicting health behaviors across Belgium and France during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Mathias SchmitzRobin WollastAlix BigotOlivier LuminetPublished in: Journal of health psychology (2022)
The objective of the current research was to investigate how a series of psychological factors may underlie two COVID-19 health behaviors, and how a contextual factor (country of residence) could shape their influence. Cross-sectional results from the first pandemic wave ( N Belgium = 4878, N France = 1071) showed that handwashing and social contacts limitation are predicted by a unique set of psychological variables that holds across Belgium and France, despite their distinct lockdown-policies strictness. In practice, policy-makers could leverage on these unique predictors and fine-tune their strategies accordingly to promote adherence to each measure while generalizing it across similar nations.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- public health
- coronavirus disease
- mental health
- sars cov
- cross sectional
- health information
- primary care
- air pollution
- type diabetes
- risk assessment
- health promotion
- skeletal muscle
- sleep quality
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- depressive symptoms
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- human health
- adipose tissue