Health PsychologyPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-11-10DOI: 10.1037/hea0001536
Elaina C Taylor, Lewis Carpenter, Mark O'Neill, Lyndsay D Hughes, David Sheffield, Rona Moss-Morris
{"title":"Clinical and psychological predictors of quality-of-life in patients with atrial fibrillation over 12 months.","authors":"Elaina C Taylor, Lewis Carpenter, Mark O'Neill, Lyndsay D Hughes, David Sheffield, Rona Moss-Morris","doi":"10.1037/hea0001536","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>No previous research has examined both clinical and psychological predictors of quality of life (QoL) in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients over time. Theoretically informed by the common-sense model, this study aimed to examine how beliefs about illness and treatment, cognitive and behavior responses (CBR) to symptoms, and AF-related interventional procedures predicted QoL over 12 months.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>AF patients (<i>N</i> = 188) recruited from outpatient clinics, and because of undergo catheter ablation or cardioversion, completed questionnaires assessing social and clinical demographics, illness representations, treatment beliefs, CBR to AF, and QoL at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months. Mixed effects linear regression models examined QoL predictors over 12 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Restoration of sinus rhythm, greater beliefs about personal control, and lower scores on timeline beliefs (beliefs that AF is an acute condition) were statistically significantly associated with greater QoL over 12 months. Patients with a profile of procedural treatment success and improved positive illness representations (timeline, illness triggers, personal control) had significantly greater QoL compared with those who had only successful treatment, or positive illness representations, alone.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Successful procedural treatment and helpful illness representations are both important predictors of QoL in AF. Alongside clinical procedural treatments, future interventions aimed at improving QoL should therefore incorporate techniques to address self-efficacy around AF self-management and reduce beliefs that AF is long-term/incurable and that symptoms can be triggered by wide-ranging sources (particularly relating to health behaviors and comorbidities). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"460-471"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145490839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health PsychologyPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-19DOI: 10.1037/hea0001574
Bert N Uchino
{"title":"On the use of biological measures in health psychology: A multilevel, strong inference perspective.","authors":"Bert N Uchino","doi":"10.1037/hea0001574","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001574","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Advances in the use of biological assessments in Health Psychology have been impressive. Less appreciated is the critical role that strong inference plays in turning these advances into meaningful scientific progress. In this article, I argue for the importance of a multilevel, strong inference perspective informed and inspired by the writings of John Cacioppo, Gary Berntson, and Louis Tassinary in the 1990s.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Metatheoretical review of strong inference issues as applied to health psychology.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This article delineates at least two separable ways in which biological measures are used in health psychology: (a) an index of a psychosocial factor and (b) a mechanism for disease risk. It highlights the inference issues that arise with these questions via a focus on the specificity and generalizability of links between psychosocial factors and biology, as well as the orderly complexity added by a multilevel perspective on strong inference.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Inference issues are of critical importance to our field and have implications for scientific progress and guiding a program of research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"355-366"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146013396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health PsychologyPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-09-29DOI: 10.1037/hea0001553
Ivy Cheng, Jennifer M Taber, Abigail G O'Brien, John A Updegraff, Clarissa A Thompson
{"title":"The impact of hypothetical lottery structures on vaccine-hesitant adults' flu vaccination intentions: A conceptual replication of Taber et al. (2023).","authors":"Ivy Cheng, Jennifer M Taber, Abigail G O'Brien, John A Updegraff, Clarissa A Thompson","doi":"10.1037/hea0001553","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001553","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Vaccine hesitancy threatens global health, but vaccination rates for the seasonal flu are often suboptimal. Thus, it is important to develop and optimize interventions to reduce flu vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine lotteries-where chosen winners must be vaccinated to collect a monetary payout-could encourage vaccination through people's perceived likelihood of winning the lottery and anticipated regret. Antecedents of vaccination may also impact vaccine intentions.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Adults from the United States who were unvaccinated for the flu (<i>n</i> = 598) were randomly assigned to read one of 12 scenarios regarding flu vaccine lotteries differing in structure (payout amount and number of winners).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adjusting for baseline flu vaccination willingness, structures with more money to fewer winners and $100 each to 50,000 winners led to greater vaccination intentions. Structures with larger payouts to fewer winners also generally resulted in lower perceived likelihood of winning and greater anticipated regret. Regression results showed that greater perceived likelihood and anticipated regret, as well as antecedents of greater confidence, less preference for deliberation, and greater collective responsibility about the flu vaccine, were associated with greater postscenario intentions. Secondary analyses found that antecedents of COVID-19 vaccination differed from those of the flu.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Results suggest that vaccine lotteries structured to award greater payout to fewer winners would be most likely to increase flu vaccine uptake, in contrast to a similar study conducted for COVID-19 in which lottery structure did not influence vaccination intentions (Taber et al., 2023). Results have implications for policy-makers designing financial incentive interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"373-386"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145193889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health PsychologyPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-09-29DOI: 10.1037/hea0001554
Danielle Arigo, Kiri Baga, Amanda L Folk, Kyle Haggerty
{"title":"Physical activity partners for women with cardiovascular disease risk: Proof-of-concept trial with daily assessment.","authors":"Danielle Arigo, Kiri Baga, Amanda L Folk, Kyle Haggerty","doi":"10.1037/hea0001554","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001554","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases sharply for women during midlife (aged 40-65). Physical activity (PA) is key during this time, though lack of social support is a primary barrier. The present study combined PA coaching with the formation of PA partnerships by pairing participants with each other for support during an 8-week behavioral PA intervention. This proof-of-concept study assessed feasibility, acceptability, and clinically significant change in the outcome and mediator of interest.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Women in midlife with ≥ 1 risk factor for CVD (e.g., hypertension; <i>N</i> = 62, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 52.6, <i>M</i><sub>BMI</sub> = 32.6 kg/m²) completed six weekly sessions with a PA coach, with assessment in Weeks 1 and 8; three sessions were joint meetings with their PA partner. They also completed daily ambulatory assessment and postintervention surveys. Data were collected in 2024 (NCT06350604).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Recruitment (4.5 months), treatment adherence (97%), daily assessment compliance (84%), and retention (100%) all met or exceeded prespecified benchmarks, and sample characteristics showed strong representation from hard-to-reach groups (e.g., 20% household income < $50,000/year). Partners communicated on 47% of days (<i>M</i> = 3.5 times/week); PA increased by ∼500 steps/day from baseline (<i>p</i> < .01, <i>d</i> = 0.43) and 19% of participants increased by ≥ 2,000 steps/day. Acceptability was high (4.2/5) and ratings of PA-specific social support meaningfully increased (<i>p</i> < .001, <i>d</i> = 0.66).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Results demonstrate high acceptability and strong promise of partner-based PA intervention for improving cardioprotective behavior among women in midlife with elevated CVD risk. Thus, findings support larger scale testing with the inclusion of daily assessment, which can reveal mechanistic pathways linking social support to PA in daily life. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"413-422"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12483180/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145193935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health PsychologyPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-10-27DOI: 10.1037/hea0001550
Michael Morreale, Emily C Soriano, Alyssa L Fenech, Hannah A Brownlee, Scott D Siegel, Jean-Philippe Laurenceau
{"title":"Diabetes-related emotional distress, depressive symptoms, and continuous glucose monitoring outcomes.","authors":"Michael Morreale, Emily C Soriano, Alyssa L Fenech, Hannah A Brownlee, Scott D Siegel, Jean-Philippe Laurenceau","doi":"10.1037/hea0001550","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001550","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to examine how diabetes-related emotional distress and depressive symptoms are uniquely related to objective measures of glycemic outcomes in people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Existing research demonstrates that diabetes distress is better able to account for glycemic outcomes when compared to depressive symptoms. However, few studies have focused on this comparison when assessing glycemic outcomes using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) indices specifically in T2DM populations.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Sixty-three adults diagnosed with T2DM were recruited from an outpatient endocrinology clinic. Diabetes-related emotional distress and depressive symptoms were assessed via self-report measures. Glycemic outcomes were measured using the gold standard hemoglobin A1c and 7 days of CGM data (measuring both glucose concentration levels and variation). The relationship between diabetes-related emotional distress (operationalized as a latent factor), depressive symptomatology, and glycemic outcome metrics (i.e., hemoglobin A1c and CGM-based) was evaluated using structural equation modeling.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Moderate-sized associations were observed between diabetes-related emotional distress and a majority of the glycemic outcome metrics when controlling for depressive symptoms. No associations were observed between depressive symptoms and glycemic outcome metrics when controlling for diabetes-related emotional distress.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings suggest that following a T2DM diagnosis, diabetes-related emotional distress is better able to account for variance in glycemic outcomes when compared to depressive symptoms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"367-372"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145379914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effectiveness, ethics, and sustainability of nudge-based interventions for self-monitoring in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes: A systematic review.","authors":"Jianing Yu, Haoyang Du, Erxu Xue, Yujia Fu, Lijin Chen, Jing Shao","doi":"10.1037/hea0001564","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to assess the effectiveness, ethics, and sustainability of nudge-based interventions in improving self-monitoring behaviors among patients with hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A systematic search of seven databases (January 2008-October 2024) identified studies on nudge-based interventions for HTN and T2DM self-monitoring. Nudge strategies were categorized using Münscher et al.'s taxonomy of choice architecture, which includes \"decision information,\" \"decision architecture,\" and \"decision assistance.\" The included nudge-based interventions were evaluated across three domains: effectiveness, ethical quality, and sustainability.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventeen studies (19 trials) were included in this review; 58% of the nudge-based interventions significantly improved self-monitoring adherence, and 47% yielded measurable improvements in clinical outcomes, such as reductions in blood pressure and glycated haemoglobin levels compared to usual care. Ethical evaluations revealed that the majority of nudge-based interventions exhibited above-average ethical quality. Regarding sustainability, while multicomponent interventions were common, they proved more difficult to implement due to higher resource demands.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This review highlights the potential of nudge-based interventions to improve self-monitoring adherence among patients with HTN and T2DM. However, balancing effectiveness, ethical considerations, and sustainability will be crucial for optimizing these interventions in real-world settings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"387-401"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145193880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health PsychologyPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-09-15DOI: 10.1037/hea0001559
Russell B Clayton, Junho Park, Kristina Simon, Jessica Weinberg, Md Sazzad Mahmud Shuvo, Sherry Rasul, Darren Mays, Elise M Stevens
{"title":"Investigating psychophysiological and self-report responses to antioral nicotine pouch social media videos.","authors":"Russell B Clayton, Junho Park, Kristina Simon, Jessica Weinberg, Md Sazzad Mahmud Shuvo, Sherry Rasul, Darren Mays, Elise M Stevens","doi":"10.1037/hea0001559","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001559","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examines young adult oral nicotine pouch (ONP) users' cognitive and emotional responses to user-generated antioral nicotine pouch (a-ONP) TikTok (a video-based social media platform) videos varying in the presence and absence of disgust-eliciting content.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>One hundred and two young adult ONP users were exposed to a TikTok simulation that contained user-generated a-ONP TikTok videos. Participants' psychophysiological responses were recorded while participants viewed the TikTok simulations. Self-reported craving, behavioral intentions to use ONPs, perceived harm reduction, arousal, and negative emotional valence were measured at baseline and post TikTok simulation exposure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In support of the negativity bias hypothesis, the psychophysiological data indicated that a-ONP TikTok videos present in disgust-eliciting content led to increased negative emotional valence, arousal, and greater second-by-second attention versus a-ONP TikTok videos absent in disgust-eliciting content. Self-reported outcomes revealed a decrease in behavioral intentions to use ONPs for a-ONP TikTok videos present in disgust-eliciting content versus those absent in disgust-eliciting content. Craving, behavioral intentions to use ONPs, and perceived harm reduction of ONPs decreased after exposure to a-ONP TikTok videos present in disgust-eliciting content when compared to participants' baseline reports.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>User-generated a-ONP TikTok videos with disgust-eliciting content that were presented in a natural TikTok simulation led to effective message outcomes reflected by increased attention and self-reported outcomes. This study extends future opportunities to identify other potential message content used on social media to reduce ONP use and demonstrates the validity of viewing a-ONP TikTok videos in a natural media context. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"402-412"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145066197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health PsychologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-08-21DOI: 10.1037/hea0001540
Sarah N Webster, Emma E Biggs, Laura E Simons, Vivek Tanna, Elia Mattke, Sheri L Spunt, Kate Sweeny, Marta Walentynowicz, Claudia Mueller, Lauren C Heathcote
{"title":"Bracing for the worst? Real-time scanxiety and uncertainty management during cancer surveillance.","authors":"Sarah N Webster, Emma E Biggs, Laura E Simons, Vivek Tanna, Elia Mattke, Sheri L Spunt, Kate Sweeny, Marta Walentynowicz, Claudia Mueller, Lauren C Heathcote","doi":"10.1037/hea0001540","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001540","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>\"Scanxiety\" is a common and distressing experience that can negatively impact quality of life after completing cancer treatment, yet little research has investigated risk factors for scanxiety as it emerges in real time. This study used an ecological momentary assessment design to examine how uncertainty management strategies predict the experience of \"scanxiety,\" operationalized via self-reported fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) in the days before, on, and after a routine surveillance scan or test.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer (<i>N</i> = 55, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 17.31 years, <i>M</i> = 2.90 years off treatment) self-reported how they manage uncertainty surrounding surveillance scans, including strategies of bracing for the worst, hoping for the best, and remaining optimistic. Daily FCR was captured via a smartphone app for 11 days surrounding a surveillance scan.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the days before the scan, bracing for bad news predicted greater overall fear of recurrence and a sharper increase in daily fear of recurrence. Bracing also predicted greater fear of recurrence on the day of the scan and a steeper decrease in fear of recurrence after receiving reassuring scan results. Findings held while controlling for baseline fear of recurrence. Hope and optimism did not predict daily fear of recurrence.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors who brace for bad news may experience worse FCR while awaiting surveillance scans, yet this fear largely resolves following good news. Positive uncertainty management strategies (hope and optimism) do not appear to buffer against scanxiety. Findings can inform scanxiety intervention development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"251-258"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144979366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health PsychologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-09-22DOI: 10.1037/hea0001557
Andrew Alberth, Heather R Farmer, Alison C Rataj, Anyah Prasad, Amanda J Collins, Jeffrey E Stokes
{"title":"Intersecting identities, inflammation, and sexuality: Effects of race, ethnicity, and education.","authors":"Andrew Alberth, Heather R Farmer, Alison C Rataj, Anyah Prasad, Amanda J Collins, Jeffrey E Stokes","doi":"10.1037/hea0001557","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001557","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This article assesses the intersections among race/ethnicity and sexuality on C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in a national sample of midlife adults. It also explores how race/ethnicity and educational attainment may differentially influence CRP among sexually diverse adults.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study uses data from 1,401 adults who participated in the 2016 biomarker module of the Health and Retirement Study. Individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (sexually diverse) were compared to those who identified as heterosexual. The associations between race/ethnicity and sexuality on CRP levels were assessed using ordinary least squares regression, with interactions examined between sexuality and race/ethnicity and between sexuality and educational attainment, adjusted for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and depressive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that higher educational attainment had greater protective effects for sexually diverse respondents' CRP levels compared to heterosexual respondents. Additionally, sexuality was marginally significant and differentially protective for non-Hispanic Black respondents, suggesting that sexually diverse Black adults experienced lower risk for elevated CRP relative to their peers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Educational attainment may be a particularly important protective factor against elevated CRP levels for sexually diverse adults. However, differences in CRP among racially/ethnically diverse older adults did not vary by educational attainment. It is possible that greater selectivity in resiliency factors and affirming relationships differentially protect lesbian, gay, or bisexual and non-Hispanic Black adults. Additional research is necessary to investigate these proposed pathways. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"320-330"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145139569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Health PsychologyPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-09-29DOI: 10.1037/hea0001549
Bo-Eun Lee, Min-Kyu Kim, Ji-Bum Chung
{"title":"Government interventions, risk perception, and social distancing: Longitudinal meta-survey results in South Korea.","authors":"Bo-Eun Lee, Min-Kyu Kim, Ji-Bum Chung","doi":"10.1037/hea0001549","DOIUrl":"10.1037/hea0001549","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Understanding public protective behaviors during pandemics is crucial for effective epidemic control. This study examines the longitudinal relationships between government intervention, risk perception, and adherence to social distancing policy throughout the pandemic (February 2020-December 2022) in South Korea.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study utilized a repeated cross-sectional survey conducted 73 times over a 3-year period (February 2020-December 2022). Each survey included 1,000 participants, resulting in a total sample size of 73,000. Meta-analysis and time series analysis were conducted on the entire data set, focusing on the COVID-19 variants of pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Meta-analysis revealed a positive correlation between adherence to social distancing and risk perception, with the strongest effect observed during the Omicron surge. Time series analysis over the entire period found that government social distancing policies had a stronger effect on adherence to social distancing than physical risk or risk perception, highlighting the long-term impact of government interventions on public behavior.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study quantitatively demonstrates the longitudinal heterogeneity between risk perception and adherence to social distancing and highlights the importance of government interventions, in addition to risk perception, in shaping public behaviors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":55066,"journal":{"name":"Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"343-354"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145193959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}