IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v19y2022i11p6364-d822529.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Association of Social-Cognitive Factors with Individual Preventive Behaviors of COVID-19 among a Mixed-Sample of Older Adults from China and Germany

Author

Listed:
  • Yanping Duan

    (Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China
    Center for Health and Exercise Science Research, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China
    Department of Health Sciences, Wuhan Institute of Physical Education, Wuhan 430079, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Sonia Lippke

    (Department of Psychology & Methods, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany)

  • Wei Liang

    (Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China
    Center for Health and Exercise Science Research, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Borui Shang

    (Department of Social Sciences, Hebei Sport University, Shijiazhuang 050063, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Franziska Maria Keller

    (Department of Psychology & Methods, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany)

  • Petra Wagner

    (Institute for Exercise and Public Health, Leipzig University, 04109 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Julien Steven Baker

    (Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China
    Center for Health and Exercise Science Research, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China)

  • Jiali He

    (Department of Health Sciences, Wuhan Institute of Physical Education, Wuhan 430079, China)

Abstract

Identifying modifiable correlates of older adults’ preventive behaviors is contributable to the prevention of the COVID-19 and future pandemics. This study aimed to examine the associations of social-cognitive factors (motivational and volitional factors) with three preventive behaviors (hand washing, facemask wearing, and physical distancing) in a mixed sample of older adults from China and Germany and to evaluate the moderating effects of countries. A total of 578 older adults (356 Chinese and 222 German) completed the online cross-sectional study. The questionnaire included demographics, three preventive behaviors before and during the pandemic, motivational factors (health knowledge, attitude, subjective norm, risk perception, motivational self-efficacy (MSE), intention), and volitional factors (volitional self-efficacy (VSE), planning, and self-monitoring) of preventive behaviors. Results showed that most social-cognitive factors were associated with three behaviors with small-to-moderate effect sizes ( f 2 = 0.02 to 0.17), controlled for demographics and past behaviors. Country moderated five associations, including VSE and hand washing, self-monitoring and facemask wearing, MSE and physical distancing, VSE and physical distancing, and planning and physical distancing. Findings underline the generic importance of modifiable factors and give new insights to future intervention and policymaking. Country-related mechanisms should be considered when aiming to learn from other countries about the promotion of preventive behaviors.

Suggested Citation

  • Yanping Duan & Sonia Lippke & Wei Liang & Borui Shang & Franziska Maria Keller & Petra Wagner & Julien Steven Baker & Jiali He, 2022. "Association of Social-Cognitive Factors with Individual Preventive Behaviors of COVID-19 among a Mixed-Sample of Older Adults from China and Germany," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-20, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:11:p:6364-:d:822529
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/11/6364/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/11/6364/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Chun-Qing Zhang & Rongyu Fang & Ru Zhang & Martin S. Hagger & Kyra Hamilton, 2020. "Predicting Hand Washing and Sleep Hygiene Behaviors among College Students: Test of an Integrated Social-Cognition Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(4), pages 1-22, February.
    2. Eric Bonetto & Guillaume Dezecache & Armelle Nugier & Marion Inigo & Jean-Denis Mathias & Sylvie Huet & Nicolas Pellerin & Maya Corman & Pierre Bertrand & Eric Raufaste & Michel Streith & Serge Guimon, 2021. "Basic human values during the COVID-19 outbreak, perceived threat and their relationships with compliance with movement restrictions and social distancing," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(6), pages 1-15, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Chengjiang Han & Feng Li & Bizhen Lian & Tomas Vencúrik & Wei Liang, 2022. "Relationships between Perfectionism, Extra Training and Academic Performance in Chinese Collegiate Athletes: Mediating Role of Achievement Motivation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-14, August.
    2. Lin Zhou & Wei Liang & Yuxiu He & Yanping Duan & Ryan E. Rhodes & Hao Liu & Hongmei Liang & Xiaowei Shi & Jun Zhang & Yingzhe Cheng, 2022. "Relationship of 24-Hour Movement Behaviors with Weight Status and Body Composition in Chinese Primary School Children: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-14, July.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Amir H. Pakpour & Cheng-Kuan Lin & Mahdi Safdari & Chung-Ying Lin & Shun-Hua Chen & Kyra Hamilton, 2021. "Using an Integrated Social Cognition Model to Explain Green Purchasing Behavior among Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-16, December.
    2. Agnieszka Bojanowska & Łukasz D. Kaczmarek & Beata Urbanska & Malwina Puchalska, 2022. "Acting on Values: A Novel Intervention Enhancing Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 23(8), pages 3889-3908, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:11:p:6364-:d:822529. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.