Visiting crowded places during the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel study among adult Norwegians.

ABSTRACT: Non-pharmaceutical interventions, including promotion of social distancing, have been applied extensively in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding cognitive and psychological factors regulating precautionary behavior is important for future management. The present study examines the importance of selected factors as predictors of having visited or intended to visit crowded places. Six online questionnaire-based waves of data collection were conducted in April-October 2020 in a Norwegian panel (≥18 years). Sample size at Wave 1 was 1,400. In the present study, "Visited or intended to visit crowded places" for different types of locations were the dependent variables. Predictors included the following categories of items: Perceived response effectiveness, Self-efficacy, Vulnerability

SUBMITTER: Aaro LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9797867 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature