Perceived vulnerability to disease and attitudes towards public health measures: COVID-19 in Flanders, Belgium
Perceived vulnerability to disease and attitudes towards public health measures: COVID-19 in Flanders, Belgium
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DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2020.110220
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发表时间：
2020-11-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Matthijs, Koen
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作者：
De Coninck, David;d'Haenens, Leen;Matthijs, Koen
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，各国政府采取了控制该疾病的措施。有关这些措施的信息通过新闻媒体传播。尽管如此，许多人并没有遵守这些准则。我们调查了人们对疾病的脆弱性和人格特征与支持公共卫生措施的关系。我们分析了 2020 年 3 月 17 日至 22 日期间收集的 1000 名佛兰德斯（比利时）成年人的调查数据。年龄较大、教育程度较低、性别（女性）和工作环境（无远程办公）与感知脆弱性更大有关。对孤独的更大期望以及与男性同胞的更多团结与性别（女性）、年龄较小和工作环境（远程办公）有关。人们更容易受到疾病的影响，这与人们更加相信公共卫生措施可以保护民众有关，也与对比利时政府处理危机的方式持批评态度有关。高宜人性和高情绪稳定性分别与更相信卫生措施可以保护民众以及对政府危机管理的更大支持有关。观看电视新闻与人们更加相信公共卫生措施是必要的有关，特别是观看公共电视新闻会增加对公共卫生措施的支持。我们讨论了处理 COVID-19 大流行的影响。
During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments installed measures to contain the disease. Information about these measures was disseminated through news media. Nonetheless, many individuals did not abide by these guidelines. We investigated how perceived vulnerability to disease and personality characteristics related to support for public health measures. We analyzed survey data of 1000 Flemish (Belgium) adults, collected between March 17, 2020 and March 22, 2020. Older age, low educational attainment, gender (female) and work situation (no telecommuting) were associated with greater perceived vulnerability. Greater expectations of loneliness and more solidarity with our fellow men were associated with gender (female), younger age and work situation (telecommuting). Greater perceived vulnerability to disease was related to a greater belief that public health measures protect the population, but also to a critical stance towards the Belgian government's handling of the crisis. High agreeableness and high emotional stability were associated with respectively greater belief that health measures protect the population, and greater support for the government's crisis management. Watching television news was related to a greater belief that public health measures are necessary, and specifically consuming public television news increased support for public health measures. We discuss the implications for handling the COVID-19 pandemic.