Optimistic Youth: Young Adults Predicted a Faster Decrease in Risk during COVID-19 Emergency State in Portugal

Perception of risk is known to change throughout the lifespan. Previous studies showed that younger adults are more prone to risk behaviours than older adults. Do these age-related differences influence risk perception during a pandemic crisis? Here, we investigated how age influenced predicted risk...

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Autores principales: Scaletti, Sara, Duarte, Inês, Senra, Catarina, Almeida, Jorge, Ferreira, António Jorge, Walbrin, Jon, Pilacinski, Artur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: S. Karger AG 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9148902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37753498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000524076
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author Scaletti, Sara
Duarte, Inês
Senra, Catarina
Almeida, Jorge
Ferreira, António Jorge
Walbrin, Jon
Pilacinski, Artur
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description Perception of risk is known to change throughout the lifespan. Previous studies showed that younger adults are more prone to risk behaviours than older adults. Do these age-related differences influence risk perception during a pandemic crisis? Here, we investigated how age influenced predicted risk during the COVID-19 emergency state in Portugal. We show that time-projected estimations (e.g., appraisals based on ‘now’ vs. ‘in two weeks’ time', or ‘in four weeks’ time') of both risk behaviour and importance of transmission prevention decrease over time. Importantly, projected risk decreased more steeply for younger than older adults. Our findings suggest that younger adults have a different perception of epidemic-related risk than older adults. This seems to support the view that public health policy making during epidemics should differentially target younger adults.
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spelling pubmed-91489022022-05-31 Optimistic Youth: Young Adults Predicted a Faster Decrease in Risk during COVID-19 Emergency State in Portugal Scaletti, Sara Duarte, Inês Senra, Catarina Almeida, Jorge Ferreira, António Jorge Walbrin, Jon Pilacinski, Artur Portuguese Journal of Public Health Research Article Perception of risk is known to change throughout the lifespan. Previous studies showed that younger adults are more prone to risk behaviours than older adults. Do these age-related differences influence risk perception during a pandemic crisis? Here, we investigated how age influenced predicted risk during the COVID-19 emergency state in Portugal. We show that time-projected estimations (e.g., appraisals based on ‘now’ vs. ‘in two weeks’ time', or ‘in four weeks’ time') of both risk behaviour and importance of transmission prevention decrease over time. Importantly, projected risk decreased more steeply for younger than older adults. Our findings suggest that younger adults have a different perception of epidemic-related risk than older adults. This seems to support the view that public health policy making during epidemics should differentially target younger adults. S. Karger AG 2022-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9148902/ /pubmed/37753498 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000524076 Text en Copyright © 2022 by S. Karger AG, Basel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission. Drug Dosage: The authors and the publisher have exerted every effort to ensure that drug selection and dosage set forth in this text are in accord with current recommendations and practice at the time of publication. However, in view of ongoing research, changes in government regulations, and the constant flow of information relating to drug therapy and drug reactions, the reader is urged to check the package insert for each drug for any changes in indications and dosage and for added warnings and precautions. This is particularly important when the recommended agent is a new and/or infrequently employed drug. Disclaimer: The statements, opinions and data contained in this publication are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not of the publishers and the editor(s). The appearance of advertisements or/and product references in the publication is not a warranty, endorsement, or approval of the products or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements.
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Almeida, Jorge
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Walbrin, Jon
Pilacinski, Artur
Optimistic Youth: Young Adults Predicted a Faster Decrease in Risk during COVID-19 Emergency State in Portugal
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000524076
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