Risk perceptions of COVID-19 around the world
Risk perceptions of COVID-19 around the world
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DOI：
10.1080/13669877.2020.1758193
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发表时间：
2020-05-06
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
van der Linden, Sander
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作者：
Dryhurst, Sarah;Schneider, Claudia R.;van der Linden, Sander
世界卫生组织宣布COVID-19在全球迅速蔓延为全球突发公共卫生事件。众所周知，疾病的传播受到人们采取预防性公共卫生行为的意愿的影响，而这往往与公众的风险认知有关。在本研究中，我们首次对全球公众对COVID-19的风险认知进行了评估，使用了欧洲、美洲和亚洲10个国家的国家样本（总N = 6,991）。我们发现，尽管人们的担忧程度相对较高，但与所有其他抽样国家相比，英国的担忧程度最高。从各国来看，个人接触病毒的经历、个人主义和亲社会价值观、从朋友和家人那里听说病毒、对政府、科学和医疗专业人员的信任、个人对政府战略的了解以及个人和集体效能都是风险感知的重要预测因素。尽管不同文化之间存在很大的差异，但在超过一半的被调查国家中，个人主义世界观、个人经历、亲社会价值观以及通过朋友和家人进行的社会放大被发现是重要的决定因素。在所有十个国家中，风险认知与报告的采取预防性健康行为显著相关。讨论了有效风险沟通的含义。
The World Health Organization has declared the rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world a global public health emergency. It is well-known that the spread of the disease is influenced by people's willingness to adopt preventative public health behaviors, which are often associated with public risk perception. In this study, we present the first assessment of public risk perception of COVID-19 around the world using national samples (total N = 6,991) in ten countries across Europe, America, and Asia. We find that although levels of concern are relatively high, they are highest in the UK compared to all other sampled countries. Pooled across countries, personal experience with the virus, individualistic and prosocial values, hearing about the virus from friends and family, trust in government, science, and medical professionals, personal knowledge of government strategy, and personal and collective efficacy were all significant predictors of risk perception. Although there was substantial variability across cultures, individualistic worldviews, personal experience, prosocial values, and social amplification through friends and family in particular were found to be significant determinants in more than half of the countries examined. Risk perception correlated significantly with reported adoption of preventative health behaviors in all ten countries. Implications for effective risk communication are discussed.