Hygiene and Social Distancing as Distinct Public Health Related Behaviours Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Prevailing research on individuals’ compliance with public health related behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic tends to study composite measures of multiple types of behaviours, without distinguishing between different types of behaviours. However, measures taken by governments involve adjustment...
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doaj-011bb84edbb94affad623e3935749c102021-07-13T15:31:40ZengPsychOpenSocial Psychological Bulletin2569-653X2020-12-0115410.32872/spb.4383spb.4383Hygiene and Social Distancing as Distinct Public Health Related Behaviours Among University Students During the COVID-19 PandemicAnnelot Wismans0Srebrenka Letina1Roy Thurik2Karl Wennberg3Ingmar Franken4Rui Baptista5Jorge Barrientos Marín6Joern Block7Andrew Burke8Marcus Dejardin9Frank Janssen10Jinia Mukerjee11Enrico Santarelli12José María Millán13Olivier Torrès14Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsLinköping University, Linköping, SwedenErasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsLinköping University, Linköping, SwedenErasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology (EURIBEB), Rotterdam, The NetherlandsInstituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PortugalUniversity of Antioquia, Medellín, ColombiaUniversity of Trier, Trier, GermanyTrinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandUniversité catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumUniversité catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumMontpellier Business School, Montpellier, FranceDepartment of Economics, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Economics, University of Huelva, Huelva, SpainMontpellier Business School, Montpellier, FrancePrevailing research on individuals’ compliance with public health related behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic tends to study composite measures of multiple types of behaviours, without distinguishing between different types of behaviours. However, measures taken by governments involve adjustments concerning a range of different daily behaviours. In this study, we seek to explain students’ public health related compliance behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the underlying components of such behaviours. Subsequently, we investigate how these components relate to individual attitudes towards public health measures, descriptive norms among friends and family, and key demographics. We surveyed 7,403 university students in ten countries regarding these behaviours. Principal Components Analysis reveals that compliance related to hygiene (hand washing, coughing behaviours) is uniformly distinct from compliance related to social distancing behaviours. Regression analyses predicting Social Distancing and Hygiene lead to differences in explained variance and type of predictors. Our study shows that treating public health compliance as a sole construct obfuscates the dimensionality of compliance behaviours, which risks poorer prediction of individuals’ compliance behaviours and problems in generating valid public health recommendations. Affecting these distinct behaviours may require different types of interventions.https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/4383covid-19public health compliancesocial distancinghygienestudentsdescriptive normsattitude |
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Annelot Wismans Srebrenka Letina Roy Thurik Karl Wennberg Ingmar Franken Rui Baptista Jorge Barrientos Marín Joern Block Andrew Burke Marcus Dejardin Frank Janssen Jinia Mukerjee Enrico Santarelli José María Millán Olivier Torrès Hygiene and Social Distancing as Distinct Public Health Related Behaviours Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic Social Psychological Bulletin covid-19 public health compliance social distancing hygiene students descriptive norms attitude |
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Annelot Wismans Srebrenka Letina Roy Thurik Karl Wennberg Ingmar Franken Rui Baptista Jorge Barrientos Marín Joern Block Andrew Burke Marcus Dejardin Frank Janssen Jinia Mukerjee Enrico Santarelli José María Millán Olivier Torrès |
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Hygiene and Social Distancing as Distinct Public Health Related Behaviours Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Hygiene and Social Distancing as Distinct Public Health Related Behaviours Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Hygiene and Social Distancing as Distinct Public Health Related Behaviours Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Hygiene and Social Distancing as Distinct Public Health Related Behaviours Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Hygiene and Social Distancing as Distinct Public Health Related Behaviours Among University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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hygiene and social distancing as distinct public health related behaviours among university students during the covid-19 pandemic |
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Social Psychological Bulletin |
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Prevailing research on individuals’ compliance with public health related behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic tends to study composite measures of multiple types of behaviours, without distinguishing between different types of behaviours. However, measures taken by governments involve adjustments concerning a range of different daily behaviours. In this study, we seek to explain students’ public health related compliance behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the underlying components of such behaviours. Subsequently, we investigate how these components relate to individual attitudes towards public health measures, descriptive norms among friends and family, and key demographics. We surveyed 7,403 university students in ten countries regarding these behaviours. Principal Components Analysis reveals that compliance related to hygiene (hand washing, coughing behaviours) is uniformly distinct from compliance related to social distancing behaviours. Regression analyses predicting Social Distancing and Hygiene lead to differences in explained variance and type of predictors. Our study shows that treating public health compliance as a sole construct obfuscates the dimensionality of compliance behaviours, which risks poorer prediction of individuals’ compliance behaviours and problems in generating valid public health recommendations. Affecting these distinct behaviours may require different types of interventions. |
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covid-19 public health compliance social distancing hygiene students descriptive norms attitude |
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