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. 2020 Sep-Oct;80(5):797-804.
doi: 10.1111/puar.13236. Epub 2020 Jun 28.

The Effects of Governmental and Individual Predictors on COVID-19 Protective Behaviors in China: A Path Analysis Model

Bibing Dai  1 , Di Fu  2 , Guangteng Meng  2 , Bingsheng Liu  3 , Qi Li  2 , Xun Liu  2
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The Effects of Governmental and Individual Predictors on COVID-19 Protective Behaviors in China: A Path Analysis Model

Bibing Dai et al. Public Adm Rev. 2020 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the world into a crisis. To contain this crisis, it is essential to build full cooperation between the government and the public. However, it is unclear which governmental and individual factors are determinants and how they interact with protective behaviors against COVID-19. To resolve this issue, this study builds a multiple mediation model. Findings show that government emergency public information such as detailed pandemic information and positive risk communication had greater impact on protective behaviors than rumor refutation and supplies. Moreover, governmental factors may indirectly affect protective behaviors through individual factors such as perceived efficacy, positive emotions, and risk perception. These findings suggest that systematic intervention programs for governmental factors need to be integrated with individual factors to achieve effective prevention and control of COVID-19 among the public.

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The Hypothesized Model for Predicting Protective Behaviors
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Standardized Estimates of the Predicting Model. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.
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