Predictors of changing patterns of adherence to containment measures during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic: an international longitudinal study.
Yuen-Yu ChongWai Tong ChienHo Yu ChengDemetris LamnisosJeļena ĻubenkoGiovambattista PrestiValeria SquatritoMarios ConstantinouChristiana NicolaouSavvas PapacostasGökçen AydinFrancisco J RuizMaria B Garcia-MartinDiana P Obando-PosadaMiguel A Segura-VargasVasilis S VasiliouLouise McHughStefan HöferAdriana BabanDavid Dias NetoAna Nunes da SilvaJean-Louis MonestèsJavier Alvarez-GalvezMarisa Paez BlarrinaFrancisco MontesinosSonsoles Valdivia SalasDorottya ŐriBartosz KleszczRaimo LappalainenIva IvanovićDavid GosarFrederick DionneRhonda M MerwinAndrew T GlosterAngelos P KassianosMaria KareklaPublished in: Globalization and health (2023)
This study provides evidence that in addition to emphasizing the potential severity of COVID-19 and the potential susceptibility to contact with the virus, fostering self-efficacy in following containment strategies and prosociality appears to be a viable public health education or communication strategy to combat COVID-19.