Risk perception and conspiracy theory endorsement predict compliance with COVID-19 public health measures.

ABSTRACT: Public health measures such as spatial distancing and physical hygiene have been found effective in mitigating the spread of the coronavirus. However, there is considerable variability in individual compliance with such public health measures and factors contributing to these interindividual differences are currently still understudied. The present study set out to determine the role of risk perception and conspiracy theory endorsement on compliance with COVID-19 public health measures and explored variations in these associations across participant age and the developmental status of a country, leveraging a large multi-national data set (N = 45,772) across 66 countries/territories, collected via online survey during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (between April and May 2020). Hu

SUBMITTER: Lin T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10046644 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature