2021
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18042011
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The Moderating Effects of Perceived Severity on the Generational Gap in Preventive Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.

Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults appear to be more susceptible to the coronavirus disease. Although the health stakes are higher for older adults, individuals of all ages should adopt preventive measures to contain the human-to-human transmission of the virus. This study conducted a national online survey of 1843 adults at the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. to examine age disparities in preventive behaviors against the virus. The results show that older generations, motivated by a h… Show more

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“…This low perceived risk from COVID-19 led to a belief that testing was unnecessary, and therefore reduced intentions to engage with twice weekly testing. This is in line with previous research showing that individuals who perceive COVID-19 to be less of a risk engage in less preventative behaviour [11,12]. Additionally, the vaccine rollout reduced the perceptions of the severity of COVID-19, individuals preferred vaccinations as a route of the pandemic, rather than testing, with some suggesting they or others did not need to engage in the testing as they had been fully vaccinated.…”
Section: Barriers To Testingsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…This low perceived risk from COVID-19 led to a belief that testing was unnecessary, and therefore reduced intentions to engage with twice weekly testing. This is in line with previous research showing that individuals who perceive COVID-19 to be less of a risk engage in less preventative behaviour [11,12]. Additionally, the vaccine rollout reduced the perceptions of the severity of COVID-19, individuals preferred vaccinations as a route of the pandemic, rather than testing, with some suggesting they or others did not need to engage in the testing as they had been fully vaccinated.…”
Section: Barriers To Testingsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Consistent with previous findings ( Puspita et al, 2017 ), perceived severity did have an indirect effect on the performance of COVID-19 preventive behaviors. However, in those studies, perceived severity of COVID-19 was focused on medical consequences, such as death and severe health problems ( Luo et al, 2021 ; Zareipour et al, 2020 ). This study defined perceived severity as perceptions of COVID-19's impact on daily life and relationships.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many empirical studies have assessed the relationships between the public perceptions and the adoption of protective behaviours for COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases like A(H1N1)v2009 and SARS-CoV-1 [6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22]. The two most common theories in which these studies have been based are the Health Belief Model (HBM) and the Protection Motivation and Self-efficacy theory (PMS).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%