Community Attachments are Associated with COVID-19 Public Health Behaviors Among Adolescents in Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community attachments are thought to promote adolescents' engagement in public health behaviors. To date, past research has exclusively examined the social benefits of community attachments among adolescents in the United States and less is known about these benefits among youth in low-income adolescent-dense countries such as Pakistan.

Objective

The present study examined associations between Pakistani adolescents' community attachments and COVID-19 public health behaviors, including social distancing, disinfecting, hoarding, news monitoring.

Method

Adolescents living in Pakistan (N = 1,110; 13-18 years; M = 16.70) reported on their COVID-19 public health behavior (social distancing, disinfecting behaviors, hoarding behaviors, news monitoring

SUBMITTER: Nisar F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8504095 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature