COVID-19: the relationship between perceptions of risk and behaviours during lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Understanding COVID-19 risk perceptions and their impact on behaviour can improve the effectiveness of public health strategies. Prior evidence suggests that, when people perceive uncontrollable risks to their health, they are less likely to engage in healthful behaviour. This article aims to understand the extent to which COVID-19 is perceived as an uncontrollable risk, and to assess whether this perceived risk is associated with health behaviour.

Subject and methods

We surveyed a nationally representative sample of 496 participants during the first UK lockdown. We assessed perceptions of COVID-19-related risk, self-reported adherence to infection control measures recommended by the UK Government, and general health behaviours. We predicted that increased perceived extr

SUBMITTER: Brown R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8118375 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature