Satisfaction With Governmental Risk Communication Both Increases and Decreases COVID-19 Mitigation Behaviours.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Over 3 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and intense societal and governmental response, a wealth of research has examined risk perceptions and public risk mitigation behaviours. The vast majority of this inquiry has focused on health risks. Nevertheless, as a "total social fact" influencing nearly every aspect of quotidian life, the pandemic engenders a wide range of risk perceptions. Methods: Via a survey (N = 4,206) of representative samples of the general public in five European countries (Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom), we explore perceptions of a range of personal/public health, economic, and societal risks. We also investigate the effects of perceptions of official governmental risk communication in one's country on risk percepti

SUBMITTER: Evensen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10014469 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature