Different Correlates of COVID-19-Related Adherent and Dysfunctional Safety Behavior.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Safety behaviors are key elements in reducing the spread of the COVID-19 virus, but have also assumed excessive proportions in form of panic buying groceries. This raises the question whether these behaviors are independent or related to each other. Adherent safety behavior including increased hygiene and physical distancing appears inherently adherent and prosocial, while dysfunctional safety behavior such as panic buying most probably emerges from other motives and contextual variables. Methods: Data from 15,308 participants collected from March 10 to May 4, 2020, during the COVID-19 acute period in Germany, was analyzed to assess whether adherent and dysfunctional safety behavior are predicted by the same or divergent variables. Two multiple regression models

SUBMITTER: Weismuller B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7838460 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature