Perception-based influence factors of intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention in China
Perception-based influence factors of intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention in China
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DOI：
10.1016/j.envres.2020.109995
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发表时间：
2020-11-01
影响因子：
8.3
通讯作者：
Jabeen, Gul
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作者：
Ahmad, Munir;Iram, Khadeeja;Jabeen, Gul
背景资料：关于防疫影响因素的研究不仅缺乏，而且在基于感知的防疫意愿影响因素研究领域也存在空白。目的：本研究尝试在一个修正的行为框架下考察个体防疫意愿的感知影响因素。理论框架：一个由理性行为理论和计划行为理论组成的行为框架被发展为包含一些额外的基于感知的影响因素。采用偏最小二乘路径分析方法，对驱动因素、障碍物、结果：在基于感知的影响因素中，政府防疫指导方针是最重要的影响因素，其次是风险感知。防疫态度对个人防疫意愿的影响程度最小。结论：在重要性排序中，政府防疫指导、风险认知和流行病知识是个人防疫意愿的前三大驱动因素，而感知的可行性是个人防疫意愿的障碍。此外，道德规范对个人采取防疫措施的意愿影响不显著。鉴于实证结果，传播政府的防疫指引、正确的风险认知及有关疫情的知识，将有助预防中国及全球COVID-19疫情爆发。
Background: The researches investigating the influence factors of epidemic prevention are not only scarce, but also provide a gap in the domain of perception-based influence factors of intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention.Objective: This work has attempted to examine the perception-based influence factors of individuals' intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention in a modified behavioral framework.Theoretical framework: A behavioral framework composed of the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behavior is developed to incorporate some additional perception-based influence factors.Methods: A partial least square-based path analysis has been employed to estimate the path coefficients of those factors in terms of drivers, barriers, and neutral factors based on questionnaire data of 302 respondents from six universities and two hospitals in China.Results: Among the perception-based influence factors, governments' guidelines on epidemic prevention is found to be the most important and influential factor, which was followed by risk perception. Finally, attitude towards epidemic prevention exhibited the least degree of impact on individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention. Moral norms did not show any contribution to individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention.Conclusion: Concerning importance ranking, the governments' guidelines on epidemic prevention, risk perception, and epidemic knowledge are revealed as the top three drivers of individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention, while the perceived feasibility to adopt epidemic prevention is found to be a barrier. Moreover, moral norms is identified to have an insignificant influence on individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention. Given the empirical results, dissemination of Governments' guidelines on epidemic prevention, proper risk perception, and knowledge about epidemic would help prevent the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak within China and worldwide.