Motivational and behavioral mechanisms underlying generalized health risking behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in smokers.

ABSTRACT: Under the threat of public health challenges such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic, individual citizens' active and cooperative participation in precautionary measures is crucial. Although non-compliance is recognized as a recurring problem, it remains unknown why some individuals tend to comply less than others and whether violations of preventive behaviors are observed consistently across different public health issues. To test our hypothesis that individuals would show consistent public health behavior transcending domains, we collected self-reports from two independent samples of participants (total N = 2983) on health risk beliefs and behavioral choices. Participants' responses were collected in regard to two separate yet closely related public health issues: smoking and the COVID-19 p

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11621408 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature