TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 pandemic preventive behaviors and causal beliefs among Italian community dwelling adults
AU - Somma, Antonella
AU - Gialdi, Giulia
AU - Frau, Claudia
AU - Barranca, Margherita
AU - Fossati, Andrea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - In an online sample of 1054 Italian community-dwelling adults, we assessed the relationships between the frequency of implementation of practices intended to prevent COVID-19 infection, degree of agreement with theories about the origin of the infections, and the frequency of use of different sources of information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that participants’ COVID-19-related preventive behaviors and causal beliefs were significantly associated with selected demographic variables and frequency of use of specific sources of information (e.g. scientific journals vs social media).
AB - In an online sample of 1054 Italian community-dwelling adults, we assessed the relationships between the frequency of implementation of practices intended to prevent COVID-19 infection, degree of agreement with theories about the origin of the infections, and the frequency of use of different sources of information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that participants’ COVID-19-related preventive behaviors and causal beliefs were significantly associated with selected demographic variables and frequency of use of specific sources of information (e.g. scientific journals vs social media).
KW - causal beliefs
KW - COVID-19
KW - Italian epidemic
KW - preventive behaviors
KW - sources of information
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U2 - 10.1177/1359105320962243
DO - 10.1177/1359105320962243
M3 - Article
C2 - 33050717
AN - SCOPUS:85092659347
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 27
SP - 601
EP - 611
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 3
ER -