Should we take care of each other? Enhancing COVID-19 protective behaviors, a study in Chile, Mexico, and Colombia

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datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationJOURNAL OF PACIFIC RIM PSYCHOLOGY,Vol.17,,2023
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.1177/18344909231181763
datacite.creatorSalazar Fernandez, Camila
datacite.creatorBaeza Rivera, Maria Jose
datacite.creatorSalinas Onate, Natalia
datacite.creatorManriquez Robles, Diego
datacite.date2023
datacite.subject.englishprotective behaviors
datacite.subject.englishcoronavirus
datacite.subject.englishcompliance
datacite.subject.englishrisk perception
datacite.subject.englishseverity perception
datacite.subject.englishsocial norms
datacite.titleShould we take care of each other? Enhancing COVID-19 protective behaviors, a study in Chile, Mexico, and Colombia
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-11T23:44:08Z
dc.date.available2023-07-11T23:44:08Z
dc.description.abstractThe literature has suggested that social norms and perceptions of risk and severity are critical variables in predicting protective health behaviors. Using an integrative conceptual framework, this study evaluates educational level, socioeconomic status, injunctive pro-care norms, perception of risk, and severity of COVID-19 as predictors of hygiene behaviors, mask use, and physical distancing. Participants included 2,075 adults from Chile, Mexico, and Colombia, three countries with the worst pandemic management. A structural equation model including the hypothesized structure of relations among the study variables fitted the data well and was invariant among Chilean, Mexican, and Colombian data. As proposed, injunctive pro-care norms against COVID-19 predicted protective health behaviors directly and indirectly through the perception of the risk and severity of COVID-19, and educational level predicted pro-care norms against COVID-19. These findings are essential in light of the development of prevention campaigns and the promotion of COVID-19 care strategies.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/5378
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
dc.sourceJOURNAL OF PACIFIC RIM PSYCHOLOGY
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