Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence.
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Georgios Abakoumkin ;
Edward P Lemay;
William M Schiavone;
Maximilian Agostini ;
Jocelyn J Bélanger;
Ben Gützkow;
Jannis Kreienkamp ;
Anne Margit Reitsema;
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Daiane Gracieli Faller;
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Kees Van Veen;
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Robin Wollast;
Victoria Wai-Lan Yeung;
Somayeh Zand;
Iris Lav Žeželj;
Bang Zheng ;
Andreas Zick;
Claudia Zúñiga;
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(2021)
Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence.
PloS one, 16 (10).
e0256740-.
ISSN 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256740
During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. conservative politicians and the media downplayed the risk of both contracting COVID-19 and the effectiveness of recommended health behaviors. Health behavior theories suggest perceived vulnerability to a health threat and perceived effectiveness of recommended health-protective behaviors determine motivation to follow recommendations. Accordingly, we predicted that-as a result of politicization of the pandemic-politically conservative Americans would be less likely to enact recommended health-protective behaviors. In two longitudinal studies of U.S. residents, political conservatism was inversely associated with perceived health risk and adoption of health-protective behaviors over time. The effects of political orientation on health-protective behaviors were mediated by perceived risk of infection, perceived severity of infection, and perceived effectiveness of the health-protective behaviors. In a global cross-national analysis, effects were stronger in the U.S. (N = 10,923) than in an international sample (total N = 51,986), highlighting the increased and overt politicization of health behaviors in the U.S.
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