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Travel intention during the COVID-19 epidemic: The influence of institutional and interpersonal trust

The global pandemic, COVID-19, has dealt a heavy blow to the tourism industry. Therefore, exploring the mechanisms influencing travel intention in the post-epidemic era can help provide management insights for the recovery of the travel market. Relying on the logic of social cognition theory, we con...

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Autores principales: Li, Wenyong, Chen, Gang, Wu, Lunwen, Zeng, Yanling, Wei, Jing, Liu, Yao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9597456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312153
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1015900
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author Li, Wenyong
Chen, Gang
Wu, Lunwen
Zeng, Yanling
Wei, Jing
Liu, Yao
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description The global pandemic, COVID-19, has dealt a heavy blow to the tourism industry. Therefore, exploring the mechanisms influencing travel intention in the post-epidemic era can help provide management insights for the recovery of the travel market. Relying on the logic of social cognition theory, we conducted an empirical analysis from the perspective of trust and found that institutional trust and interpersonal trust can positively predict travel intention in the context of the epidemic, while travelers’ health risk perception and safety self-efficacy mediate the relationship between trust and travel intention. Moreover, we verified the moderating role of tourists’ psychological resilience. Further, the study confirms that China’s active prevention policy not only reduces the physical health harm caused by the epidemic, but also effectively increases individuals’ institutional trust in a proactive government. Through China’s active anti-epidemic policy, individuals were able to counteract the negative impact of the COVID 19 epidemic on their travel intention. Further, theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-95974562022-10-27 Travel intention during the COVID-19 epidemic: The influence of institutional and interpersonal trust Li, Wenyong Chen, Gang Wu, Lunwen Zeng, Yanling Wei, Jing Liu, Yao Front Psychol Psychology The global pandemic, COVID-19, has dealt a heavy blow to the tourism industry. Therefore, exploring the mechanisms influencing travel intention in the post-epidemic era can help provide management insights for the recovery of the travel market. Relying on the logic of social cognition theory, we conducted an empirical analysis from the perspective of trust and found that institutional trust and interpersonal trust can positively predict travel intention in the context of the epidemic, while travelers’ health risk perception and safety self-efficacy mediate the relationship between trust and travel intention. Moreover, we verified the moderating role of tourists’ psychological resilience. Further, the study confirms that China’s active prevention policy not only reduces the physical health harm caused by the epidemic, but also effectively increases individuals’ institutional trust in a proactive government. Through China’s active anti-epidemic policy, individuals were able to counteract the negative impact of the COVID 19 epidemic on their travel intention. Further, theoretical and practical implications are discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9597456/ /pubmed/36312153 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1015900 Text en Copyright © 2022 Li, Chen, Wu, Zeng, Wei and Liu. https://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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Wu, Lunwen
Zeng, Yanling
Wei, Jing
Liu, Yao
Travel intention during the COVID-19 epidemic: The influence of institutional and interpersonal trust
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title_short Travel intention during the COVID-19 epidemic: The influence of institutional and interpersonal trust
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topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9597456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312153
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1015900
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