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Risk, Obligation, and Public Noncompliance with Mobility Directives in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Human mobility greatly increases the risk of epidemic transmission. This study examines the psychological mechanism of individuals’ noncompliance with public health directives and their choice to travel amidst threats through two rounds of surveys (N = 1473 in total) in China at different stages of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141797 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811505 |
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author | Zheng, Chunhui Zhang, Jia Qian, Lili Zhang, Yuling |
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description | Human mobility greatly increases the risk of epidemic transmission. This study examines the psychological mechanism of individuals’ noncompliance with public health directives and their choice to travel amidst threats through two rounds of surveys (N = 1473 in total) in China at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. This research revealed the relative strength of the motivating and impeding factors that determined behavioral intention. In subtle internal conflicts, maladaptive responses (e.g., wishful thinking, denial, fatalism) were identified as a significant factor in negotiating risk-related constraints and encouraging risky travel behavior. Interestingly, both those who traveled amidst threats and those who did not travel agreed that they had social obligations for epidemic prevention. The results demonstrated that obligation could have an indirect negative impact on behavioral intention only via attitude. By unveiling the psychological mechanism of individuals’ noncompliance with health directives and travel during the pandemic, this study can aid in the development of appropriate operational strategies to manage population mobility during crises. |
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spelling | pubmed-95171112022-09-29 Risk, Obligation, and Public Noncompliance with Mobility Directives in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic Zheng, Chunhui Zhang, Jia Qian, Lili Zhang, Yuling Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Human mobility greatly increases the risk of epidemic transmission. This study examines the psychological mechanism of individuals’ noncompliance with public health directives and their choice to travel amidst threats through two rounds of surveys (N = 1473 in total) in China at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. This research revealed the relative strength of the motivating and impeding factors that determined behavioral intention. In subtle internal conflicts, maladaptive responses (e.g., wishful thinking, denial, fatalism) were identified as a significant factor in negotiating risk-related constraints and encouraging risky travel behavior. Interestingly, both those who traveled amidst threats and those who did not travel agreed that they had social obligations for epidemic prevention. The results demonstrated that obligation could have an indirect negative impact on behavioral intention only via attitude. By unveiling the psychological mechanism of individuals’ noncompliance with health directives and travel during the pandemic, this study can aid in the development of appropriate operational strategies to manage population mobility during crises. MDPI 2022-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9517111/ /pubmed/36141797 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811505 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zheng, Chunhui Zhang, Jia Qian, Lili Zhang, Yuling Risk, Obligation, and Public Noncompliance with Mobility Directives in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Risk, Obligation, and Public Noncompliance with Mobility Directives in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Risk, Obligation, and Public Noncompliance with Mobility Directives in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Risk, Obligation, and Public Noncompliance with Mobility Directives in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Risk, Obligation, and Public Noncompliance with Mobility Directives in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Risk, Obligation, and Public Noncompliance with Mobility Directives in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | risk, obligation, and public noncompliance with mobility directives in china during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141797 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811505 |
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