Authors
Aleksandra Luszczynska, Zofia Szczuka, Charles Abraham, Adriana Baban, Sydney Brooks, Sabrina Cipolletta, Ebrima Danso, Stephan U Dombrowski, Yiqun Gan, Tania Gaspar, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Konstadina Griva, Michelle I Jongenelis, Jan Keller, Nina Knoll, Jinjin Ma, Mohammad Adbdul Awal Miah, Karen Morgan, William Peraud, Bruno Quintard, Vishna Shah, Konstantin Schenkel, Urte Scholz, Ralf Schwarzer, Maria Siwa, Diana Taut, Silvia CM Tomaino, Noa Vilchinsky, Hodaya Wolf
Publication date
2022/4/1
Journal
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Volume
56
Issue
4
Pages
368-380
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background
Patterns of protective health behaviors, such as handwashing and sanitizing during the COVID-19 pandemic, may be predicted by macro-level variables, such as regulations specified by public health policies. Health behavior patterns may also be predicted by micro-level variables, such as self-regulatory cognitions specified by health behavior models, including the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA).
Purpose
This study explored whether strictness of containment and health policies was related to handwashing adherence and whether such associations were mediated by HAPA-specified self-regulatory cognitions.
Methods
The study (NCT04367337) was conducted among 1,256 adults from Australia, Canada, China, France, Gambia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, and Switzerland. Self-report …
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