Predicting Compliance with Sanitary Behaviors among Students in Higher Education During the Second COVID-19 Wave: The Role of Health Anxiety and Risk Perception.

IF 2.7 4区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychologica Belgica Pub Date : 2023-01-05 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.5334/pb.1171

Sarah Dekeyser, Emilie Schmits, Fabienne Glowacz, Olivier Klein, Mathias Schmitz, Robin Wollast, Vincent Yzerbyt, Olivier Luminet

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Abstract

To limit the spread of COVID-19, public authorities have recommended sanitary behaviors such as handwashing, mask-wearing, physical distancing, and social distancing. We recruited a large sample of higher education students in Belgium (N = 3201-3441) to investigate the role of sociodemographic variables, mental health, previous COVID-19 infections, academic involvement, and risk perception on adherence to these sanitary behaviors. This cross-sectional study took place during the second COVID-19 wave in Belgium, between February and March 2021. Analyses showed that living alone, being female, later in the academic curriculum, having higher general and health anxiety, higher academic involvement, and higher risk perception were positively associated with adherence to the four aforementioned sanitary behaviors. Conversely, previous infection with COVID-19 and having been quarantined were negative predictors. Our results show a set of predictors highly similar for the four sanitary behaviors. We discuss potential initiatives to increase adherence to sanitary behaviors in this group of highly educated youngsters.

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预测 COVID-19 第二波期间高校学生遵守卫生行为的情况：健康焦虑和风险认知的作用。

为了限制 COVID-19 的传播，公共机构建议采取洗手、戴口罩、物理隔离和社交隔离等卫生行为。我们在比利时招募了大量高等教育学生样本（N = 3201-3441），以调查社会人口变量、心理健康、COVID-19 既往感染情况、学业参与度和风险意识对坚持这些卫生行为的影响。这项横断面研究于 2021 年 2 月至 3 月期间在比利时开展 COVID-19 第二波研究。分析表明，独居、女性、学业较晚、较高的一般焦虑和健康焦虑、较高的学业参与度和较高的风险意识与上述四种卫生行为的坚持率呈正相关。相反，曾感染 COVID-19 和曾被隔离则是负面的预测因素。我们的研究结果表明，四种卫生行为的预测因素高度相似。我们讨论了提高这群受过高等教育的年轻人遵守卫生行为的潜在措施。

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