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Psychological Predictors of COVID-19 Prevention Behavior in Hungarian Women Across Different Generations

BACKGROUND: Age related differences were found in prevention behavior, showing that older individuals tend to be the most proactive. The aim of the study was the identification of psychological predictors on COVID-19 prevention behavior in women, across four generations. In addition, the predictive...

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Autores principales: Marschalko, Eszter Eniko, Kotta, Ibolya, Kalcza-Janosi, Kinga, Szabo, Kinga, Jancso-Farcas, Susana
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7870484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33574787
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.596543
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author Marschalko, Eszter Eniko
Kotta, Ibolya
Kalcza-Janosi, Kinga
Szabo, Kinga
Jancso-Farcas, Susana
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Kotta, Ibolya
Kalcza-Janosi, Kinga
Szabo, Kinga
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description BACKGROUND: Age related differences were found in prevention behavior, showing that older individuals tend to be the most proactive. The aim of the study was the identification of psychological predictors on COVID-19 prevention behavior in women, across four generations. In addition, the predictive role of the psychological variables was explored through the lens of negative and positive information processing perspective on total and domain-specific COVID-19 prevention behavior. METHODS: A cross-sectional research was conducted. The sample included 834 Hungarian speaking women. The assessed variables were: COVID-19 knowledge, risk perception, COVID-19 health anxiety, negative automatic thoughts, psychological flexibility, and four domains of COVID-19 prevention behavior (social distancing, general hygiene, information seeking, health behavior). A three-level hierarchical linear regression analysis was conducted to investigate the predictors of preventive behavior in each generation. RESULTS: A diversity across generations was found. In case of baby boomer generation, the final model explained 32.4% of the variance for total prevention behavior [F(14,215) = 8.847, p < 0.001], and only perceived risk made a significant contribution. For Gen X the final model accounted for 21.1% of variance of total prevention behavior [F(14,341) = 7.788, p < 0.001], marital status, perceived risk, COVID-19 health anxiety, and negative automatic thoughts made significant contributions. In case of Gen Y the final model accounted for 6.2% of variance on total prevention behavior [F(14,147) = 1.761, p = 0.05], only perceived risk had a contribution to the final model. For Gen Z the final model accounted for 23.4% of variance on total preventive behavior [F(13,71) = 2.979, p = 0.002], and only psychological flexibility made a contribution to the model. The results on the distinct domains of COVID-19 prevention behavior emphasized details in the dissimilarity among generations. CONCLUSION: The role of generational identity on COVID-19 prevention behavior is relevant. The coexistence of negative and positive information processing may have its beneficial role in certain areas of prevention.
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spelling pubmed-78704842021-02-10 Psychological Predictors of COVID-19 Prevention Behavior in Hungarian Women Across Different Generations Marschalko, Eszter Eniko Kotta, Ibolya Kalcza-Janosi, Kinga Szabo, Kinga Jancso-Farcas, Susana Front Psychol Psychology BACKGROUND: Age related differences were found in prevention behavior, showing that older individuals tend to be the most proactive. The aim of the study was the identification of psychological predictors on COVID-19 prevention behavior in women, across four generations. In addition, the predictive role of the psychological variables was explored through the lens of negative and positive information processing perspective on total and domain-specific COVID-19 prevention behavior. METHODS: A cross-sectional research was conducted. The sample included 834 Hungarian speaking women. The assessed variables were: COVID-19 knowledge, risk perception, COVID-19 health anxiety, negative automatic thoughts, psychological flexibility, and four domains of COVID-19 prevention behavior (social distancing, general hygiene, information seeking, health behavior). A three-level hierarchical linear regression analysis was conducted to investigate the predictors of preventive behavior in each generation. RESULTS: A diversity across generations was found. In case of baby boomer generation, the final model explained 32.4% of the variance for total prevention behavior [F(14,215) = 8.847, p < 0.001], and only perceived risk made a significant contribution. For Gen X the final model accounted for 21.1% of variance of total prevention behavior [F(14,341) = 7.788, p < 0.001], marital status, perceived risk, COVID-19 health anxiety, and negative automatic thoughts made significant contributions. In case of Gen Y the final model accounted for 6.2% of variance on total prevention behavior [F(14,147) = 1.761, p = 0.05], only perceived risk had a contribution to the final model. For Gen Z the final model accounted for 23.4% of variance on total preventive behavior [F(13,71) = 2.979, p = 0.002], and only psychological flexibility made a contribution to the model. The results on the distinct domains of COVID-19 prevention behavior emphasized details in the dissimilarity among generations. CONCLUSION: The role of generational identity on COVID-19 prevention behavior is relevant. The coexistence of negative and positive information processing may have its beneficial role in certain areas of prevention. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7870484/ /pubmed/33574787 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.596543 Text en Copyright © 2021 Marschalko, Kotta, Kalcza-Janosi, Szabo and Jancso-Farcas. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Kotta, Ibolya
Kalcza-Janosi, Kinga
Szabo, Kinga
Jancso-Farcas, Susana
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title Psychological Predictors of COVID-19 Prevention Behavior in Hungarian Women Across Different Generations
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title_fullStr Psychological Predictors of COVID-19 Prevention Behavior in Hungarian Women Across Different Generations
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title_short Psychological Predictors of COVID-19 Prevention Behavior in Hungarian Women Across Different Generations
title_sort psychological predictors of covid-19 prevention behavior in hungarian women across different generations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7870484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33574787
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.596543
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