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Handwashing adherence during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study based ...
Szczuka, Zofia; Siwa, Maria; Abraham, Charles; Baban, Adriana; Brooks, Sydney; Cipolletta, Sabrina; Danso, Ebrima; Dombrowski, Stephan U.; Gan, YiqunRationale: The associations between the number of COVID-19 cases/deaths and subsequent uptake of protective behaviors may reflect cognitive and behavioral responses to threat-relevant information. Objective: Applying protection motivation theory (PMT), this study explored whether the number of total COVID-19 cases/deaths and general anxiety were associated with cross-situational handwashing adherence and whethe...
The interplay between strictness of policies and individuals’ self-regulatory e...
Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Szczuka, Zofia; Abraham, Charles; Baban, Adriana; Brooks, Sydney; Cipolletta, Sabrina; Danso, Ebrima; Dombrowski, Stephan U.Background: Patterns of protective health behaviors, such as handwashing and sanitizing during the COVID-19 pandemic, may be predicted by macro-level variables, such as regulations specified by public health policies. Health behavior patterns may also be predicted by micro-level variables, such as self-regulatory cognitions specified by health behavior models, including the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA)...
The trajectory of COVID-19 pandemic and handwashing adherence: findings from 14...
Szczuka, Zofia; Abraham, Charles; Baban, Adriana; Brooks, Sydney; Cipolletta, Sabrina; Danso, Ebrima; Dombrowski, Stephan U.; Gan, Yiqun; Gaspar, TaniaBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people's engagement in health behaviors, especially those that protect individuals from SARS-CoV-2 transmission, such as handwashing/sanitizing. This study investigated whether adherence to the World Health Organization's (WHO) handwashing guidelines (the outcome variable) was associated with the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, as measured by the following 6 i...