Mental imagery interventions to promote face covering use among UK university students and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed wide-ranging efforts to minimize the spread of the virus and to protect those most vulnerable to becoming unwell following viral infection. Core COVID-19 preventive measures include social distancing, regular hand washing, and wearing face coverings in public places. Understanding links between social cognitive factors relating to beliefs/skills is important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, as this can suggest which factors might be targeted via behaviour change interventions to promote adherence to COVID-19 preventative behaviours. In this context, mental imagery exercises-self-directed imagining of an anticipated outcome or processes linked to a defined behaviour/activity-offer a well-evidenced, relatively simple behavio

SUBMITTER: Conroy D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8764318 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature