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{"title":"Predicting adherence to COVID-19 behavioural guidelines: a comparison of Protection Motivation Theory and the Theory of Planned Behaviour.","authors":"Gabriel Nudelman","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2196994","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2196994","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the utility of Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) for understanding diversity in adherence to COVID-19 behavioural guidelines.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>A representative sample (<i>N</i> = 600) completed two online questionnaires: One that included measurements of PMT and TPB components that predict behaviour, and another (after one week) consisting of adherence to COVID-19 behavioural guidelines. TPB was represented by a single model, while PMT was represented by three models: Model 1, which did not include a measure of <i>protection motivation</i>; Model 2, which included protection motivation - represented by behavioural intentions; and Model 3, which was similar to Model 2 and included a direct link from self-efficacy to behaviour.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The TPB model displayed the best fit-to-complexity ratio (i.e. information criterion), and its capacity to explain adherence was similar to PMT Models 1 and 2, but lower than Model 3.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings highlight the need to reach a consensus regarding the definition and measurement of protection motivation. While the TPB model exhibited superior fit-to-complexity ratio, variance was better explained when self-efficacy was included, and interventions may benefit from targeting different constructs depending on the context.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1689-1705"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9254187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"'Welcome to my world': a thematic analysis of the lived experiences of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis during the UK COVID-19 lockdown.","authors":"Emma Portch, Rachel L Moseley, Liam Wignall, Julie M Turner-Cobb, Zoe Taylor, Mike Gondelle","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2220009","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2220009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We explore the experiences of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pwME/CFS) during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown period. We specifically probe perceived commonalities and departures in experience between government- and health-imposed lockdowns, application of coping strategies for social isolation, and predictions for inclusion of the chronically ill in post-pandemic society.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>Thirty semi-structured interviews were conducted in pwME/CFS between June - July, 2020. Responses were qualitatively analysed using an experiential, thematic framework.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>While participants reported enhancements in digital accessibility during lockdown, they perceived this as an unintentional benefit from changes designed to cater universally. Similarly, their expectation was that the general population's limited experience of restriction would not engender greater understanding for those who would continue to experience health-imposed lockdowns, post-pandemic. Participants described numerous strategies for coping with restriction and isolation, developed during prior health-imposed lockdowns and applied to this novel circumstance, highlighting the presence of acceptance and resilience in the sample.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings suggest that future work may fruitfully examine whether our participant's predictions for post-pandemic societal inclusion have been met, and how resilience and acceptance might be developed and nurtured in chronically ill populations through times of adversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1727-1744"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9557307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychosocial and health stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with sleep quality.","authors":"Rafael O Leite, Maria M Llabre, Kiara R Timpano, Hannah C Broos, Patrice G Saab","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2245426","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2245426","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We investigated how psychosocial and health stressors and related cognitive-affective factors were differentially associated with sleep quality during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>Adults living in Florida (<i>n</i> = 2,152) completed a Qualtrics survey in April-May 2020 (Wave 1). Participants (<i>n</i> = 831) were reassessed one month later (Wave 2; May-June 2020). At Wave 1, participants reported their level of physical contact with someone they care about, presence of a pre-existing chronic disease, employment status, loneliness, health worry, and financial distress. At Wave 2, participants rated their quality of sleep and insomnia symptoms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Loneliness, but not health worry or financial distress, directly predicted worse sleep quality. Lack of physical contact was indirectly associated with worse sleep quality <i>via</i> greater levels of loneliness. Further, results showed the presence of a pre-existing chronic disease was associated with both greater health worry and worse sleep quality.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Loneliness was the sole cognitive-affective predictor of worse sleep quality when controlling for other psychosocial factors. As expected, adults living with a chronic disease reported impaired sleep quality. Understanding the processes influencing sleep quality during a significant time of stress is important for identifying risk factors, informing treatment, and improving sleep health beyond the pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1745-1765"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11167586/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9957432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mental health, stress, and well-being measured before (2019) and during (2020) COVID-19: a Swedish socioeconomic population-based study.","authors":"Ann-Sophie Lindqvist Bagge, Mats Lekander, Roger Olofsson Bagge, Anders Carlander","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2257747","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2257747","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Compare mental health, stress, and well-being in the Swedish population as measured before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Repeated cross-sectional design using data measured before (Jan-2019; <i>n</i> = 2791) and during (Oct/Nov-2020; <i>n</i> = 2926) COVID-19 pandemic in Swedish population-representative cohorts. Following constructs were measured: anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory), depression (Beck Depression Inventory-II), stress (Perceived Stress Scale-10 items), health-related quality of life (HRQOL[Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General Population]) and self-rated health (SRH) was assessed with a single-item question.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>When adjusting for age, sex, education, and income there were significantly higher levels of anxiety (M̂ = 9.15 vs. 8.48, <i>p</i> < 0.01) and depression (M̂ = 3.64 vs. 3.30, <i>p</i> = 0.03), lower levels of stress (M̂ = 14.06 vs. 14.91, <i>p</i> < 0.001), but worsened HRQOL (M̂ = 76.40 vs. 77.92, <i>p</i> < 0.01) and SRH (M̂ = 6.91 vs. 7.20, <i>p</i> < 0.001), observed in 2020 compared to 2019. For the negative effects seen in anxiety, depression, HRQOL, and SRH, higher income and education had a protective effect. The decrease in stress was also correlated with higher income.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic led to a small but significant worsening in mental health and well-being in the general Swedish population, where higher socioeconomic status seemed to have a protective effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1787-1804"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41145916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trajectories of health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of handwashing, mask wearing, social contact limitations, and physical distancing.","authors":"Robin Wollast, Mathias Schmitz, Alix Bigot, Niko Speybroeck, Éric Lacourse, Roxane de la Sablonnière, Olivier Luminet","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2278706","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2278706","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the associations between health behavior adherence and psychological factors during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on identifying trajectories of handwashing, mask wearing, social contact limitations, and physical distancing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We employed a multi-trajectory group-based approach to analyze data from 6026 Belgian residents, including 60% women, with an average age of 52.65. Data were collected over six waves spanning from April 2021 to December 2021.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants were categorized into trajectory groups based on persistently low (11.9%), moderate-low (20.9%), moderate-high (39.1%), and high (28.1%) levels of adherence to the specified health behaviors. Our findings indicate a declining trend in health behavior adherence over the study period. Additionally, we observed that females, older individuals, and those with prior COVID-19 infection had a higher likelihood of belonging to trajectory groups characterized by the highest levels of health behavior adherence. Similarly, individuals with positive vaccination intentions, a heightened perception of consequences, and increased health anxiety demonstrated greater adherence to health behaviors over time. Furthermore, our investigation into the relationship between health behaviors and mental health revealed that participants in trajectory groups with higher levels of adherence to social contact limitations and physical distancing reported increased feelings of loneliness and decreased life satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our lives, and while vaccines have marked progress, maintaining health behaviors is crucial for virus prevention. To address potential mental health challenges from sanitary measures, policies and communication should promote health behaviors while acknowledging their psychological impact.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1899-1926"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138047822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Longitudinal study of the role of COVID worry versus general anxiety in predicting vaccination and other COVID-preventive behaviors.","authors":"Carolyn Rabin","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2024.2323764","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2024.2323764","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical role of public engagement in health protective behaviors (e.g. masking, vaccination) to reduce viral spread and impact. Future public health efforts may be facilitated by identifying factors that impact the likelihood of adopting these behaviors. This study evaluated whether COVID-specific worry and/or generalized anxiety predicted subsequent uptake of COVID-19 vaccination and engagement in other COVID-preventive behaviors.</p><p><strong>Method and measures: </strong>Participants (<i>N</i> = 205) completed an online survey in July 2020, shortly after the onset of the pandemic, and a follow-up survey, over a year later, after vaccines were available to the public.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings indicate that those reporting greater COVID-worry on the initial survey were more likely to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the follow-up survey and to report greater engagement in COVID-protective behaviors at both timepoints. By contrast, lower levels of generalized anxiety predicted greater likelihood of vaccination by follow-up and greater engagement in other COVID-protective behaviors on the initial survey.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings suggest that worry about a specific health threat may have a protective function, motivating protective behavior, whereas elevated levels of generalized anxiety appear to undermine health protective behavior and should be aggressively addressed.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1978-1989"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139990893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"'Turbulence even in a bubble': a reflexive thematic analysis with family caregivers of people with dementia in the United Kingdom during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Anthony Danby, Tony Benson, Gulcan Garip","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2289460","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2289460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to understand how family caregivers of people with dementia managed changes caused by COVID-19 restrictions and how they adjusted to the lifting of restrictions. A particular focus of the study was on understanding the impact of social isolation, a reduction of social interactions, and reduced access to healthcare services.</p><p><strong>Methods and measures: </strong>Fourteen voluntary caregivers (nine women) were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five themes were identified based on reflexive thematic analysis: (i) Outlets to cope with lockdown; (ii) 'Not all doom and gloom': A silver lining amid COVID-19; (iii) Optimism helps provide resilience; (iv) The challenges and joys of reopening; and (v) Caregiving toward a new normality.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The research highlighted difficulties reported by family caregivers and people with dementia during COVID-19, while also showing how such carers coped. Interviews also identified ways that family caregivers often used optimism to help navigate through lockdown and to tackle the reopening stage. Family caregivers in this study reported coping well overall, but welcomed the lifting of restrictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1927-1952"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychosocial predictors of distress in East and West Germans during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Lea Jasmin Seidel-Koulaxis, Judith K Daniels, Brian D Ostafin","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2265929","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2023.2265929","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Psychological (meaning in life, science attitude, internal locus of control, religiosity), and social factors (social support, cohesion) can counteract stressor-related distress. We investigated these factors' links with peri-pandemic distress (depression, anxiety, intrusions) and whether they weakened the impact of being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We compared prior East and West Germans on predictors and distress to investigate if their different backgrounds created lasting differences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A population-representative German sample aged 45 to 70 (<i>N</i> = 380) in terms of age, sex, and school education completed online questionnaires in May-July 2020 and June-July 2021. We examined the predictive relations with correlation, forward inclusion regression, and moderation analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Social support predicted lower distress, also prospectively. Meaning in life predicted lower distress cross-sectionally. Religiosity predicted greater distress. Life meaning and social support partly weakened the link between being affected by the pandemic and distress, religiosity and science attitude strengthened this link. The only significant East/West difference was in religiosity, which was higher in the West.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Social resources appeared particularly important in adjusting to the pandemic. The identified predictors may inform interventions. East and West Germans' similarity might indicate that their post-war separation did not create lasting differences in the investigated factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1823-1845"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49681626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Motives to play drinking games and their unique associations with drinking game behaviors and consequences in a national sample of university students in the United States.","authors":"Byron L Zamboanga, Amie R Newins, Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, Jennifer E Merrill, Banan Ramarushton, Su Yeong Kim, Jessica K Perrotte, P Priscilla Lui","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2024.2429607","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08870446.2024.2429607","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> Playing drinking games (DGs) is a common behavior among university students, which is concerning given that DG participation is related to more alcohol use/consequences. People's motivations for playing DGs are associated with certain DG behavior patterns and negative consequences. However, few studies have accounted for general drinking motives and other key covariates when examining the unique associations between DG-specific motivations and DG outcomes. The present study used a large, multisite national sample of university students in the United States to determine cross-sectional associations between DG-specific motives (e.g. sexual pursuit, enhancement/thrills, conformity) and DG frequency, quantity, and negative consequences, above and beyond relevant demographics and general drinking motives. <b>Method:</b> University students (<i>N</i> = 8922) completed a self-report survey that assessed DG-specific behaviors, consequences, and motives, as well as general drinking behaviors and motives. <b>Results:</b> Multivariate findings indicated that enhancement/thrills and sexual pursuit motives are the riskiest DG motives, given their association with DG frequency, quantity, and consequences. Conformity was positively associated with negative consequences while competition and boredom were positively associated with DG frequency. Social lubrication was unrelated to all outcomes. <b>Conclusion:</b> Enhancement/thrills, sexual pursuit, and conformity DG motives may be particularly important targets for DG-specific prevention and intervention efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142751382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reframing prolonged negative mental health effects of COVID-19: cognitive restructuring promotes posttraumatic growth.","authors":"András Matuz, Boróka Gács, Béla Birkás","doi":"10.1080/08870446.2024.2427654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2024.2427654","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The study aimed to investigate the level of peritraumatic distress in relation to possible traumatic outcomes in university personnel and students across three pandemic waves.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Three cross-sectional surveys were conducted to investigate university students and staff (<i>n</i> = 1426). An online survey including the COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI), Ways of Coping, Impact of Events Scale (IES), and Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) were administered across three waves. Psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of CPDI were assessed and associations between peri/posttraumatic stress and coping were explored. Cluster analysis based on posttraumatic stress and growth was used to identify subgroups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An increasing trend of peritraumatic stress over the waves was found. Regression analyses revealed that two coping styles, cognitive restructuring and problem analysis were negatively and positively associated, respectively, with both peritraumatic and posttraumatic stress. Two-step cluster analysis conducted on PTGI and IES scores yielded three clusters of posttraumatic changes: IES-low/PTGI-low, IES-high/PTGI-low and IES moderate/PTGI-high. Multinomial regression showed that cognitive restructuring and peritraumatic stress were significant predictors of cluster membership.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings point out that cognitive restructuring may be effective for dealing with longer-term psychological results of traumatic life events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, even in highly exposed groups of the society.</p>","PeriodicalId":20718,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142639403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}