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Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence.
Stroebe, Wolfgang; vanDellen, Michelle R; Abakoumkin, Georgios; Lemay, Edward P; Schiavone, William M; Agostini, Maximilian; Bélanger, Jocelyn J; Gützkow, Ben; Kreienkamp, Jannis; Reitsema, Anne Margit; Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum; Ahmedi, Vjolica; Akkas, Handan; Almenara, Carlos A; Atta, Mohsin; Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem; Basel, Sima; Berisha Kida, Edona; Bernardo, Allan B I; Buttrick, Nicholas R; Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit; Choi, Hoon-Seok; Cristea, Mioara; Csaba, Sára; Damnjanovic, Kaja; Danyliuk, Ivan; Dash, Arobindu; Di Santo, Daniela; Douglas, Karen M; Enea, Violeta; Faller, Daiane Gracieli; Fitzsimons, Gavan; Gheorghiu, Alexandra; Gómez, Ángel; Hamaidia, Ali; Han, Qing; Helmy, Mai; Hudiyana, Joevarian; Jeronimus, Bertus F; Jiang, Ding-Yu; Jovanovic, Veljko; Kamenov, Zeljka; Kende, Anna; Keng, Shian-Ling; Kieu, Tra Thi Thanh; Koc, Yasin; Kovyazina, Kamila; Kozytska, Inna; Krause, Joshua; Kruglanksi, Arie W.
  • Stroebe W; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • vanDellen MR; Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America.
  • Abakoumkin G; Laboratory of Psychology, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
  • Lemay EP; Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America.
  • Schiavone WM; Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America.
  • Agostini M; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Bélanger JJ; Department of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • Gützkow B; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Kreienkamp J; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Reitsema AM; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Abdul Khaiyom JH; Department of Psychology, International Islamic University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Ahmedi V; Faculty of Education, Pristine University, Pristina, Kosovo.
  • Akkas H; Organizational Behavior, Ankara Science University, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Almenara CA; Faculty of Health Science, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru.
  • Atta M; Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
  • Bagci SC; Department of Psychology, Sabanci University, Tuzla, Turkey.
  • Basel S; Department of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • Berisha Kida E; Faculty of Education, Pristine University, Pristina, Kosovo.
  • Bernardo ABI; Department of Psychology, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.
  • Buttrick NR; Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America.
  • Chobthamkit P; Department of Psychology, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Choi HS; Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Cristea M; Department of Psychology, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Csaba S; Department of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Damnjanovic K; Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Danyliuk I; Department of Psychology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • Dash A; Department of Social Sciences, International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Di Santo D; Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
  • Douglas KM; School of Psychology, University of Kent, Kent, United Kingdom.
  • Enea V; Department of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași, Romania.
  • Faller DG; Department of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • Fitzsimons G; Departments of Marketing and Psychology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
  • Gheorghiu A; Department of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași, Romania.
  • Gómez Á; Center for European Studies, Faculty of Law, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, Spain.
  • Hamaidia A; Department of Psychology and Human Resources Development, Setif 2 University, Setif, Algeria.
  • Han Q; The School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
  • Helmy M; Department of Psychology, Menoufia University, Al Minufiyah, Egypt.
  • Hudiyana J; Department of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Jeronimus BF; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Jiang DY; Department of Psychology, National Chung-Cheng University, Minxiong, Taiwan.
  • Jovanovic V; Department of Psychology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • Kamenov Z; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Kende A; Department of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Keng SL; Division of Social Science, Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Kieu TTT; Department of Psychology, HCMC University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Koc Y; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Kovyazina K; Independent Researcher, Kazakhstan.
  • Kozytska I; Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
  • Krause J; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • Kruglanksi AW; Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America.
PLoS One ; 16(10): e0256740, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1477523
ABSTRACT
During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. conservative politicians and the media downplayed the risk of both contracting COVID-19 and the effectiveness of recommended health behaviors. Health behavior theories suggest perceived vulnerability to a health threat and perceived effectiveness of recommended health-protective behaviors determine motivation to follow recommendations. Accordingly, we predicted that-as a result of politicization of the pandemic-politically conservative Americans would be less likely to enact recommended health-protective behaviors. In two longitudinal studies of U.S. residents, political conservatism was inversely associated with perceived health risk and adoption of health-protective behaviors over time. The effects of political orientation on health-protective behaviors were mediated by perceived risk of infection, perceived severity of infection, and perceived effectiveness of the health-protective behaviors. In a global cross-national analysis, effects were stronger in the U.S. (N = 10,923) than in an international sample (total N = 51,986), highlighting the increased and overt politicization of health behaviors in the U.S.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Politics / Health Behavior / Pandemics / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 / Motivation Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: English Journal: PLoS One Journal subject: Science / Medicine Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Journal.pone.0256740

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Politics / Health Behavior / Pandemics / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 / Motivation Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: English Journal: PLoS One Journal subject: Science / Medicine Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Journal.pone.0256740