Factors associated with preventive behaviors for COVID-19 among adolescents in South Korea

Park, Sunhee; Oh, Sumi

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2021.07.006

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“…Despite perceiving a high risk and worry for vulnerable others, young adults also stated that they did not always adhere to social distancing when meeting friends or family. Notably, a low adherence to social distancing was also found by Park and Oh 27. This discrepancy between intention and behaviour that we found in our study, is also known as the intention–behaviour gap 28.…”

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The role of risk perception and affective response in the COVID-19 preventive behaviours of young adults: a mixed methods study of university students in the Netherlands

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ObjectivesDue to an increased infection rate among young adults, they need to adhere to the preventive guidelines to stop the spread of COVID-19 and protect vulnerable others. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the role of risk perception and affective response in the preventive behaviours of young adults during the COVID-19 outbreak.SettingThis study followed a convergent mixed methods design, in which a quantitative online survey (n=1081) and 10 qualitative in-depth semistructured video interviews were conducted separately in the Netherlands during April–August 2020.Participants1081 participants filled in the online survey, and 10 participants participated in the interviews. Eligibility criteria included being a university student.Primary and secondary outcome measuresData on risk perception, affective response, that is, worry, and adherence to preventive guidelines were combined and analysed during this study. There were no secondary outcome measures.ResultsThe results showed that young adults perceived their risk as low. Their affective response for their own well-being was also low; however, their affective response was high with regards to vulnerable others in their surroundings. Due to their high impersonal risk perception (ie, perceived risk to others) and high affective response, young adults adhered to most preventive guidelines relatively frequently. However, young adults sometimes neglected social distancing due to the negative effects on mental health and the uncertainty of the duration of the situation.ConclusionsIn conclusion, high impersonal risk perception and high affective response regarding others are key motivators in young adults’ preventive behaviour. To maximise adherence to the preventive guidelines, risk communication should put emphasis on the benefits to vulnerable others’ health when young adults adhere to the preventive guidelines.

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The role of risk perception and affective response in the COVID-19 preventive behaviours of young adults: a mixed methods study of university students in the Netherlands

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“…Adolescents internalize beliefs and behaviors that are modeled by others in their communities and can take advantage (or not) of available resources. Early in the pandemic, community responses influenced how serious adolescents perceived the pandemic to be and the extent to which adolescents modified their behaviors by wearing masks, maintaining physical distancing, and following other public health guidelines (Park & Oh, 2021 ). As the pandemic progressed and vaccines became available in high‐income countries, different countries prioritized different demographic groups for receiving the vaccine (e.g., older adults due to greater risk for serious illness and death from COVID versus younger adults who are still in the workforce).…”

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Adolescence Amid a Pandemic: Short‐ and Long‐Term Implications

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Benner

Erdem

et al. 2021

J of Research on Adolesc

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Members of the Society for Research on Adolescents COVID‐19 Response Team offer this commentary to accompany this special issue of the Journal of Research on Adolescence regarding the impact of the pandemic on adolescents’ social, emotional, and academic functioning. In addition to outlining the critical need for scholarly collaboration to address the global impact of this crisis on adolescent development, we argue that a broad investigative lens is needed to guide research and recovery efforts targeting youth development. We then use this broad lens to consider dimensions of the pandemic impact relative to developmental implications within community and policy contexts, educational contexts, social contexts, and family contexts. Finally, we describe guideposts for setting a global, shared research agenda that can hasten research to recovery efforts surrounding the pandemic and youth development.

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“…Moreover, the younger participants were less inclined to take COVID-19 preventive behavioral measures, which may be because younger groups are more prone to “optimistic bias”, making them feel less vulnerable than others [ 51 ]. This misjudgment of risk would cause a lower perception of disease risk than older adults, thus lowering adherence to the preventive behaviors [ 52 ]. It is suggested that future studies explore the optimism bias and perceived susceptibility to disease; in practice, it is recommended to increase the risk awareness of susceptibility to COVID-19 among the younger groups to prevent infection.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) toward COVID-19 Pandemic among the Public in Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Chen

Yang

et al. 2022

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Purpose: Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) models are often used by researchers in the field of public health to explore people’s healthy behaviors. Therefore, this study mainly explored the relationships among participants’ sociodemographic status, COVID-19 knowledge, affective attitudes, and preventive behaviors. Method: This study adopted an online survey, involving a total of 136 males and 204 females, and used a cross-sectional study to investigate the relationships between variables including gender, age, COVID-19 knowledge, positive affective attitudes (emotional wellbeing, psychological wellbeing, and social wellbeing), negative affective attitudes (negative self-perception and negative perceptions of life), and preventive behaviors (hygiene habits, reducing public activities, and helping others to prevent the epidemic). Results: The majority of participants in the study were knowledgeable about COVID-19. The mean COVID-19 knowledge score was 12.86 (SD = 1.34, range: 7–15 with a full score of 15), indicating a high level of knowledge. However, the key to decide whether participants adopt COVID-19 preventive behaviors was mainly their affective attitudes, especially positive affective attitudes (β = 0.18–0.25, p< 0.01), rather than COVID-19 disease knowledge (β = −0.01–0.08, p > 0.05). In addition, the sociodemographic status of the participants revealed obvious differences in the preventive behaviors; females had better preventive behaviors than males such as cooperating with the epidemic prevention hygiene habits (t = −5.08, p< 0.01), reducing public activities (t = −3.00, p< 0.01), and helping others to prevent the epidemic (t = −1.97, p< 0.05), while the older participants were more inclined to adopt preventive behaviors including epidemic prevention hygiene habits (β = 0.18, p = 0.001, R2 = 0.03), reducing public activities (β = 0.35, p< 0.001, R2 = 0.13), and helping others to prevent the epidemic (β = 0.27, p< 0.001, R2 = 0.07). Conclusions: Having adequate COVID-19 knowledge was not linked to higher involvement in precautionary behaviors. Attitudes toward COVID-19 may play a more critical function in prompting individuals to undertake preventive behaviors, and different positive affective attitudes had different predictive relationships with preventive behaviors.

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Factors associated with preventive behaviors for COVID-19 among adolescents in South Korea

Cited by 59 publications

References 55 publications

The role of risk perception and affective response in the COVID-19 preventive behaviours of young adults: a mixed methods study of university students in the Netherlands

The role of risk perception and affective response in the COVID-19 preventive behaviours of young adults: a mixed methods study of university students in the Netherlands

Adolescence Amid a Pandemic: Short‐ and Long‐Term Implications

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) toward COVID-19 Pandemic among the Public in Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Study

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