Impact of public risk perception on prevention and control behavior under the COVID-19 epidemic: a moderated mediation model
ZONG Hui-min1,2, WANG Yu-jia3, GE Pu4, SHI Lin-ling1,5, WU Yi-bo6
1. School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226019, China; 2. Nantong Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226002, China; 3. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, China; 4. State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao 999078, China; 5. Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China; 6. School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Abstract：Objective To explore the mechanism of public risk perception on prevention and control behavior during the COVID-19 epidemic, and to investigate the mediating role of emotion and disease cognition. Methods A nationwide network survey was conducted by using the questionnaire star platform. Correlation analysis and mediating effect analysis were used to explore the relationships among public risk perception, emotion and prevention and control behavior. The moderating effect of disease cognition was analyzed by bootstrap test. Results A total of 10,846 valid questionnaires were collected in this study. Correlation analysis results showed that there was a significant positive effect between risk perception and prevention and control behavior (P<0.05), and a significant negative effect between emotion and prevention and control behavior (P<0.05). Risk perception, emotion, disease cognition and prevention and control behavior constituted a moderated mediating model. As the mediating variable of risk perception and prevention and control behavior, emotion contributed 28.75% to the total mediating effect. The results of regulatoryeffect analysis displayed that the regulatory effects of disease cognition on risk perception and emotion were significant (β=-0.06, t=-5.28, P<0.001), and the regulatory effects on risk perception and prevention and control behavior were also significant (β=0.26, t=25.05, P<0.001). Conclusion Anxiety, neurasthenia and other symptoms will have negative impacts on public prevention and control behavior. The cognitive process can control and regulate people's emotions and play a leading role in emotional changes. Therefore, emotional guidance can start from changing cognition. By strengthening positive publicity and guidance, alleviating public sentiment and improving disease awareness, the public can be effectively guided to take effective prevention and control behavior in a timely manner.
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ZONG Hui-min, WANG Yu-jia, GE Pu, SHI Lin-ling, WU Yi-bo. Impact of public risk perception on prevention and control behavior under the COVID-19 epidemic: a moderated mediation model. , 2022, 29(11): 1303-1307.
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