Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID‐19: Evidence across countries and over time
Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Virus mitigation behavior has been and still is a powerful means to fight the COVID‐19 pandemic irrespective of the availability of pharmaceutical means (e.g., vaccines). We drew on health behavior theories to predict health‐protective (coping‐specific) responses and hope (coping non‐specific response) from health‐related cognitions (vulnerability, severity, self‐assessed knowledge, efficacy). In an extension of this model, we proposed orientation to internal (problem‐focused coping) and external (country capability) coping resources as antecedents of health protection and hope; health‐related cognitions were assumed as mediators of this link. We tested these predictions in a large multi‐national multi‐wave study with a cross‐sectional panel at T1 (Baseline, March‐April 2020; N = 57,631 in 113 countries) and a panel subsample at two later time points, T2 (November 2020; N = 3097) and T3 (April 2021; N = 2628). Multilevel models showed that health‐related cognitions predicted health‐protective responses and hope. Problem‐focused coping was mainly linked to health‐protective behaviors (T1‐T3), whereas country capability was mainly linked to hope (T1‐T3). These relationships were partially mediated by health‐related cognitions. We conceptually replicated predictions of health behavior theories within a real health threat, further suggesting how different coping resources are associated with qualitatively distinct outcomes. Both patterns were consistent across countries and time.
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12909
Authors: Georgios Abakoumkin, Eleftheria Tseliou, Kira O. McCabe, Edward P. Lemay, Wolfgang Stroebe, Maximilian Agostini, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, Ben Gützkow, Jannis Kreienkamp, Maja Kutlaca, Michelle R. VanDellen, Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom, Vjollca Ahmedi, Handan Akkas, Carlos A. Almenara, Mohsin Atta, Sabahat Cigdem Bagci, Sima Basel, Edona Berisha Kida, Allan B. I. Bernardo, Nicholas R. Buttrick, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit, Hoon‐Seok Choi, Mioara Cristea, Sára Csaba, Kaja Damnjanovic, Ivan Danyliuk, Daniela Di Santo, Karen M. Douglas, Violeta Enea, Daiane Gracieli Faller, Gavan Fitzsimons, Alexandra Gheorghiu, Ángel Gómez, Joanna Grzymala‐Moszczynska, Ali Hamaidia, Qing Han, Mai Helmy, Joevarian Hudiyana, Bertus F. Jeronimus, Ding‐Yu Jiang, Veljko Jovanović, Željka Kamenov, Anna Kende, Shian‐Ling Keng, Tra Thi Thanh Kieu, Yasin Koc, Kamila Kovyazina, Inna Kozytska, Joshua Krause, Arie W. Kruglanski, Anton Kurapov, Nóra Anna Lantos, Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Winnifred R. Louis, Adrian Lueders, Najma Iqbal Malik, Anton Martinez, Jasmina Mehulić, Mirra Noor Milla, Idris Mohammed, Erica Molinario, Manuel Moyano, Hayat Muhammad, Silvana Mula, Hamdi Muluk, Solomiia Myroniuk, Reza Najafi, Claudia F. Nisa, Boglárka Nyúl, Paul A. O’Keefe, Jose Javier Olivas Osuna, Evgeny N. Osin, Joonha Park, Gennaro Pica, Antonio Pierro, Jonas Rees, Anne Margit Reitsema, Elena Resta, Marika Rullo, Michelle K. Ryan, Adil Samekin, Pekka Santtila, Edyta Sasin, Birga Mareen Schumpe, Heyla A. Selim, Michael Vicente Stanton, Samiah Sultana, Robbie M. Sutton, Akira Utsugi, Jolien Anne van Breen, Caspar J. Van Lissa, Kees Van Veen, Alexandra Vázquez, Robin Wollast, Victoria Wai‐lan Yeung, Somayeh Zand, Iris Lav Žeželj, Bang Zheng, Andreas Zick, Claudia Zúñiga, N. Pontus Leander
Institutions: University of Thessaly, Carleton University, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Groningen, New York University Abu Dhabi, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Durham University, University of Georgia, International Islamic University Malaysia, University of Prishtina, Ankara Bilim Üniversitesi, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sabancı Üniversitesi, De La Salle University, University of Virginia, Thammasat University, Sungkyunkwan University, Heriot-Watt University, Eötvös Loránd University, University of Belgrade, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, University of Pisa, University of Kent, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, National University of Singapore, Tropical Marine Science Institute, Duke University, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Jagiellonian University, University Ferhat Abbas of Setif, University of Bristol, Sultan Qaboos University, Menoufia University, University of Indonesia, National Chung Cheng University, University of Novi Sad, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, Monash University Malaysia, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, University of Salzburg, Udayana University, The University of Queensland, University of Hohenheim, University of Sheffield, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Florida Gulf Coast University, University of Córdoba, University of Peshawar, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Padua, University of Exeter, Université Paris Nanterre, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Università di Camerino, Bielefeld University, Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt, University of Siena, Australian National University, Maqsut Narikbayev University, New York University Shanghai, University of Amsterdam, King Saud University, California State University, East Bay, Nagoya University, Leiden University, Tilburg University, Université Clermont Auvergne, Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale et Cognitive, Lingnan University, University of Milano-Bicocca, Imperial College London, University of Chile, Wayne State University
Language: English
Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,090
OpenAlex ID: W4389792000