The effects of social media use on preventive behaviors during infectious disease outbreaks: The mediating role of self-relevant emotions and public risk perception

SH Oh, SY Lee, C Han - Health communication, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… affects risk perception and preventive behaviors during such … , and preventive behaviors by
examining the mediating role of … can significantly increase preventive behaviors via the two …

The association between health status and insomnia, mental health, and preventive behaviors: the mediating role of fear of COVID-19

DK Ahorsu, CY Lin, AH Pakpour - Gerontology and Geriatric …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… This study demonstrated the mediating effect of fear of COVID-19 on the associations between
perceived health status and insomnia, mental health, and COVID-19 preventive behaviors

The effect of risk communication on preventive and protective Behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: mediating role of risk perception

ST Heydari, L Zarei, AK Sadati, N Moradi, M Akbari… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
… Consequently, based on hypotheses 4 & 5, RP shows direct relationships with the
protective/preventive behaviors, and can also mediate the association of RC and protective/…

[HTML][HTML] Improving predictions of COVID-19 preventive behavior: development of a sequential mediation model

JA Roberts, ME David - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021 - jmir.org
… To summarize, the sequential mediation model presented and tested in this study hypothesizes
that COVID-19 preventive behaviors are driven by a process of sequential mediation in …

Media exposure and health behavior during pandemics: the mediating effect of perceived knowledge and fear on compliance with COVID-19 prevention measures

J Melki, H Tamim, D Hadid, S Farhat, M Makki… - Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Emerging research has examined the role of media coverage of diseases in influencing
people’s health behavior, particularly their compliance with prevention measures. This study …

Personal growth initiative moderates the mediating effect of COVID-19 preventive behaviors between fear of COVID-19 and satisfaction with life

ZA Green, M Yıldırım - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
… This study focused on a moderated mediation model. First, it determined the … -19 preventive
behaviors, which in turn were related to higher levels of satisfaction with life (mediation model…

[HTML][HTML] The effects of information-seeking behaviours on prevention behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating effects of anxiety and fear in Korea

K Kim, J Yang, YJ Jeon, YJ Lee, Y Lee… - Epidemiology and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… In this study, anxiety had a more prominent mediating effect for men, while a mediating
effect of fear was observed in both genders. This suggests that, although the anxiety levels of …

Fear of COVID-19 and preventive health behavior: mediating role of post-traumatic stress symptomology and psychological distress

PO Olapegba, CO Chovwen, O Ayandele… - International journal of …, 2022 - Springer
… 19 and engaging in preventative behavior. This study investigated the mediating role of
post… between fear of COVID-19 and preventive health behavior. A sample of 1172 individuals (…

Self-perception variables that mediate AIDS-preventive behavior in college students.

JA Goldman, LL Harlow - Health Psychology, 1993 - psycnet.apa.org
… -preventive behavior. Results revealed a good model fit, indicating that these psychological
variables did play a role in mediating AIDS-preventive behavior … AIDS-preventive behavior. …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the complex pathways between the fear of COVID-19 and preventive health behavior among Nigerians: mediation and moderation analyses

O Ayandele, CA Ramos-Vera, SK Iorfa… - The American Journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… gender moderates the mediating effect of post-traumatic stress symptoms and psychological
distress on the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and preventive health behavior. …