Application of the Health Action Process Approach to Social Distancing Behavior During COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examined the social cognition determinants of social distancing behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in samples from Australia and the US guided by the health action process approach (HAPA).

Methods

Participants (Australia: N = 495, 50.1% women; US: N = 701, 48.9% women) completed HAPA social cognition constructs at an initial time-point (T1), and one week later (T2) self-reported their social distancing behavior.

Results

Single-indicator structural equation models that excluded and included past behavior exhibited adequate fit with the data. Intention and action control were significant predictors of social distancing behavior in both samples, and intention predicted action and coping planning in the US sample. Self-efficacy and action control

SUBMITTER: Hamilton K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537318 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature