Trust, risk perception, and COVID-19 infections: Evidence from multilevel analyses of combined original dataset in China

Ye, Maoxin; Lyu, Zeyu

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113517

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“…The Secondary Risk Theory also allows for incorporating secondary risks, meaning the investigation of people’s perceptions of measures taken against the primary risk ( Cummings et al, 2020 ). Based on our findings and other recent literature ( Nivette et al, 2021 ; Ye & Lyu, 2020 ), we recommend considering social trust when applying the model as it was most strongly related to people’s acceptance of the measures in place and might also guide their acceptance of the vaccine.…”

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Reactions of older Swiss adults to the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal survey on the acceptance of and adherence to public health measures

Bearth¹,

Luchsinger²,

Siegrist³

2021

Social Science & Medicine

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Rationale An important public health strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic was the protection of people at risk of severe progressions of an infection; namely, older people and people with pre-existing conditions. Objective To improve public health communication, it is vital to understand, which sociodemographic and psychological factors drive older people’s acceptance of and compliance with public health measures. Method This goal was pursued in this three-wave longitudinal online study with older adults, collected between March and June during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 ( N = 327; first and second wave during the national lockdown; third wave: after the lifting of most lockdown measures). Results The results show that overall acceptance of and adherence to the public health measures were high among older adults and even more so for people with pre-existing conditions (e.g., cancer, type II diabetes). However, some infringements of the measures were observed, and the longitudinal analyses suggest that increases in social trust positively influenced acceptance of measures over time, while trivialising beliefs and health fears impacted older adults’ compliance with protective measures over time. Conclusions This study offers insights into the behavioural responses of older adults to an ongoing threat and the associated uncertainty that is part of public communication about the pandemic and protective measures.

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Reactions of older Swiss adults to the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal survey on the acceptance of and adherence to public health measures

Bearth¹,

Luchsinger²,

Siegrist³

2021

Social Science & Medicine

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“…local, national) may also shape the risk perceptions. (Barrios & Hochberg, 2020;Ye & Lyu, 2020) Socioeconomic (SES) factors such as residence and economic status have been found to influence self-efficacy of responding to risk. Jahangiry and colleagues discovered that living in rural areas and having good economic status was positively related to higher perceived efficacy (i.e., self-efficacy and response efficacy) among the Iranian general population (online survey of 3727 individuals).…”

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Risk perception of COVID-19 and its socioeconomic correlates in the United States: A social media analysis

Qiao

Liang

et al. 2021

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Social media analysis provides a new approach to monitoring and understanding risk perceptions regarding COVID-19 over time. Our current understandings of risk perceptions regarding COVID-19 do not disentangle the three dimensions of risk perceptions (perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, and negative emotion) over a long enough timeframe to cover different pandemic phases. The impact of social determinants of health factors on COVID-19-related risk perceptions over time is also not clear. To address these two knowledge gaps, we extracted tweets regarding COVID-19-related risk perceptions and developed index indicators for three dimensions of risk perceptions based on over 297 million geotagged tweets posted by over 3.5 million Twitter users from January to October 2020 in the United States. We also examined correlations between index indicator scores and county-level social determinants of health factors. The three domains of risk perceptions demonstrate different trajectories. Perceived severity kept climbing throughout the whole study period. Perceived susceptibility and negative emotion declined and remained stable at a lower level after peaking on March 11 (WHO named COVID-19 a global pandemic). Attention on risk perceptions was not exactly in accordance with epidemic trends of COVID-19 (cases, deaths). Users from socioeconomically vulnerable counties showed lower attention on perceived severity and susceptibility of COVID-19 than those from wealthier counties. Examination of trends in tweets regarding the multiple domains of risk perceptions throughout stages of the COVID-19 pandemic can help policy makers frame in-time, tailored, and appropriate responses to prevent viral spread and encourage preventive behavior uptake in United States.

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“…There has been relatively little research to measure and understand the social acceptability of these measures, particularly in Africa. In Europe and China, studies show the important role of knowledge and vulnerability to the disease, as well as con dence in the government in the acceptance of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic [8][9][10][11][12]. In addition, political science research has long shown the importance of consistency in government measures and choices to promote their acceptability [13].…”

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Acceptability of Government Measures Against Covid-19 Pandemic in Senegal: a Mixed Methods Study

Ridde

Kane²,

Gaye³

et al. 2020

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Background: While the first case of COVID-19 was declared on March 2 2020 in Senegal, the government banned the attendance of places of worship on 14 March. On March 23, it introduced a curfew, a ban on movement between regions, and the closure of markets. These measures were lifted in May and June 2020. The objective of this study is to measure and understand the acceptability of these four governmental measures as well as the level of public trust in the state to fight the pandemic. Methods: We carried out a mixed-method research with an explanatory sequential estimate. The acceptability variables were defined using the theoretical framework of acceptability (TFA). At the quantitative level, we carried out a telephone survey (June/July 2020) at the national level (n=813) with a sampling strategy by marginal quotas. To understand these results, we conducted a qualitative survey (August/September 2020) with a nested sample (n=30). Results: The results show a relatively high acceptability of the measures but a heterogeneity of responses. People considered curfews to be much more important (85.7% [83.2%; 88.0%]) than the closure of places of worship (55.4%; [51.9%; 58.7%]), which is least in line with the values and positive affective attitude. With the lifting of certain measures, respondents questioned the consistency of the decisions. Several positive unintended effects of the curfew were stated (security and social/family cohesion). People over the age of 60 have more confidence in the government to fight the pandemic than people under the age of 25 (7.72 ± 3.12 vs. 7.07 ± 3.11, p = 0.1); and they are more in favour of the closure of places of worship. Men have less confidence in the government than women (6.84 ± 3.21 vs. 7.47 ± 3.05; p = 0.001). The more regions are affected by the pandemic, the less confidence respondents report in the government and the less they perceive the measures as effective.Conclusions: The results confirm the importance of government communication and trust in the state to strengthen the acceptability of pandemic measures. Important differences in acceptability show the need to adapt measures and their explanations, instead of unqualified universal action.

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Trust, risk perception, and COVID-19 infections: Evidence from multilevel analyses of combined original dataset in China

Cited by 84 publications

References 38 publications

Reactions of older Swiss adults to the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal survey on the acceptance of and adherence to public health measures

Reactions of older Swiss adults to the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal survey on the acceptance of and adherence to public health measures

Risk perception of COVID-19 and its socioeconomic correlates in the United States: A social media analysis

Acceptability of Government Measures Against Covid-19 Pandemic in Senegal: a Mixed Methods Study

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