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Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID‐19: Evidence across countries and over time

Abakoumkin, Georgios; Tseliou, Eleftheria; McCabe, Kira O.; Lemay, Edward P.; Stroebe, Wolfgang; Agostini, Maximilian; Bélanger, Jocelyn J.; Gützkow, Ben; Kreienkamp, Jannis; Kutlaca, Maja; VanDellen, Michelle R.; Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum; Ahmedi, Vjollca; Akkas, Handan; Almenara, Carlos A.; Atta, Mohsin; Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem; Basel, Sima; Berisha Kida, Edona; Bernardo, Allan B. I.; Buttrick, Nicholas R.; Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit; Choi, Hoon‐Seok; Cristea, Mioara; Csaba, Sára; Damnjanovic, Kaja; Danyliuk, Ivan; Di Santo, Daniela; Douglas, Karen M.; Enea, Violeta; Faller, Daiane Gracieli; Fitzsimons, Gavan; Gheorghiu, Alexandra; Gómez, Ángel; Grzymala‐Moszczynska, Joanna; Hamaidia, Ali; Han, Qing; Helmy, Mai; Hudiyana, Joevarian; Jeronimus, Bertus F.; Jiang, Ding‐Yu; Jovanović, Veljko; Kamenov, Željka; Kende, Anna; Keng, Shian‐Ling; Kieu, Tra Thi Thanh; Koc, Yasin; Kovyazina, Kamila; Kozytska, Inna; Krause, Joshua; Kruglanski, Arie W.; Kurapov, Anton; Lantos, Nóra Anna; Lesmana, C...

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Authors

Georgios Abakoumkin

Eleftheria Tseliou

Kira O. McCabe

Edward P. Lemay

Wolfgang Stroebe

Maximilian Agostini

Jocelyn J. Bélanger

Ben Gützkow

Jannis Kreienkamp

Michelle R. VanDellen

Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom

Vjollca Ahmedi

Handan Akkas

Carlos A. Almenara

Mohsin Atta

Sabahat Cigdem Bagci

Sima Basel

Edona Berisha Kida

Allan B. I. Bernardo

Nicholas R. Buttrick

Phatthanakit Chobthamkit

Hoon‐Seok Choi

Mioara Cristea

Sára Csaba

Kaja Damnjanovic

Ivan Danyliuk

Daniela Di Santo

Karen M. Douglas

Violeta Enea

Daiane Gracieli Faller

Gavan Fitzsimons

Alexandra Gheorghiu

Ángel Gómez

Joanna Grzymala‐Moszczynska

Ali Hamaidia

Qing Han

Mai Helmy

Joevarian Hudiyana

Bertus F. Jeronimus

Ding‐Yu Jiang

Veljko Jovanović

Željka Kamenov

Anna Kende

Shian‐Ling Keng

Tra Thi Thanh Kieu

Yasin Koc

Kamila Kovyazina

Inna Kozytska

Joshua Krause

Arie W. Kruglanski

Anton Kurapov

Nóra Anna Lantos

Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana

Winnifred R. Louis

Adrian Lueders

Najma Iqbal Malik

Anton Martinez

Jasmina Mehulić

Mirra Noor Milla

Idris Mohammed

Erica Molinario

Manuel Moyano

Hayat Muhammad

Silvana Mula

Hamdi Muluk

Solomiia Myroniuk

Reza Najafi

Claudia F. Nisa

Boglárka Nyúl

Paul A. O’Keefe

Jose Javier Olivas Osuna

Evgeny N. Osin

Joonha Park

Gennaro Pica

Antonio Pierro

Jonas Rees

Anne Margit Reitsema

Elena Resta

Marika Rullo

Michelle K. Ryan

Adil Samekin

Pekka Santtila

Edyta Sasin

Birga Mareen Schumpe

Heyla A. Selim

Michael Vicente Stanton

Samiah Sultana

Robbie M. Sutton

Akira Utsugi

Jolien Anne van Breen

Caspar J. Van Lissa

Kees Van Veen

Alexandra Vázquez

Robin Wollast

Victoria Wai‐lan Yeung

Somayeh Zand

Iris Lav Žeželj

Bang Zheng

Andreas Zick

Claudia Zúñiga

N. Pontus Leander



Abstract

Virus mitigation behavior has been and still is a powerful means to fight the COVID-19 pandemic irrespective of the availability of pharmaceutical means (e.g., vaccines). We drew on health behavior theories to predict health-protective (coping-specific) responses and hope (coping non-specific response) from health-related cognitions (vulnerability, severity, self-assessed knowledge, efficacy). In an extension of this model, we proposed orientation to internal (problem-focused coping) and external (country capability) coping resources as antecedents of health protection and hope; health-related cognitions were assumed as mediators of this link. We tested these predictions in a large multi-national multi-wave study with a cross-sectional panel at T1 (Baseline, March-April 2020; N = 57,631 in 113 countries) and a panel subsample at two later time points, T2 (November 2020; N = 3097) and T3 (April 2021; N = 2628). Multilevel models showed that health-related cognitions predicted health-protective responses and hope. Problem-focused coping was mainly linked to health-protective behaviors (T1-T3), whereas country capability was mainly linked to hope (T1-T3). These relationships were partially mediated by health-related cognitions. We conceptually replicated predictions of health behavior theories within a real health threat, further suggesting how different coping resources are associated with qualitatively distinct outcomes. Both patterns were consistent across countries and time.

Citation

Abakoumkin, G., Tseliou, E., McCabe, K. O., Lemay, E. P., Stroebe, W., Agostini, M., …Leander, N. P. (2024). Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID‐19: Evidence across countries and over time. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(2), Article e12909. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12909

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 2, 2023
Online Publication Date Dec 14, 2023
Publication Date 2024-02
Deposit Date Mar 20, 2024
Publicly Available Date Mar 20, 2024
Journal Social and Personality Psychology Compass
Electronic ISSN 1751-9004
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 18
Issue 2
Article Number e12909
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12909
Keywords Social Psychology
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2333608

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