COVID-19 symptoms and compliance: The mediating role of fundamental social motives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the compliance of infected individuals and the psychological process underlying compliance during pandemics is important for preventing and controlling the spread of pathogens. Our study investigated whether fundamental social motives mediate the relationship between having infectious disease and compliance.

Methods

An online survey was conducted in March 2020, during the severe phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in China to collect data from 15,758 participants. The survey comprised self-report questionnaires with items pertaining to current symptoms (COVID-19 symptoms, other symptoms or no symptoms), the Fundamental Social Motive Inventory, and measures of compliance. Correlation analysis, linear regression analysis, and structural equation model were

SUBMITTER: Liu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10067610 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature