What drives preventative health behaviors one year into a pandemic? A replication and extension.
Objective: There is continued interest in understanding what leads people to engage in CDC-recommended COVID-19 prevention behaviors. We tested whether fear and COVID-19 worry would replicate as the primary drivers of six CDC recommended prevention behaviors. Methods and Measures: We recruited 741 a...
| Publicado en: | Psychology & Health Vol. 40; no. 11; pp. 1968 - 1992 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2025
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