Would You Rather Be Safe or Free? Motivational and Behavioral Aspects in COVID-19 Mitigation
This work investigates the relationship between goals and mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Study 1 (pilot) identified goals ascribed to following and violating mitigation-related indications. Study 2 investigated the structure of and link between COVID-related goals and be...
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| author | Giulio Costantini Marco Di Sarno Emanuele Preti Emanuele Preti Juliette Richetin Marco Perugini |
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| description | This work investigates the relationship between goals and mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Study 1 (pilot) identified goals ascribed to following and violating mitigation-related indications. Study 2 investigated the structure of and link between COVID-related goals and behaviors in a large community sample (N = 995, 301 men). Our results showed substantial relationships between goals and behaviors. Goals were best described by a bi-dimensional structure (being safe vs. being free), whereas behaviors clustered into a three-component structure (hygiene, distancing, going out). Hierarchical multiple regressions demonstrated the incremental validity of goals in the prediction of behaviors. Network analysis suggested that goals imbued with social content were more directly related to both risky and preventive behaviors. Motivational aspects emerged as important contributors to the organization of behaviors in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96936187a1b9458babb2942d19f356b42022-12-21T21:30:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-05-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.635406635406Would You Rather Be Safe or Free? Motivational and Behavioral Aspects in COVID-19 MitigationGiulio Costantini0Marco Di Sarno1Emanuele Preti2Emanuele Preti3Juliette Richetin4Marco Perugini5Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, ItalyPersonality Disorders Lab, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, ItalyThis work investigates the relationship between goals and mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Study 1 (pilot) identified goals ascribed to following and violating mitigation-related indications. Study 2 investigated the structure of and link between COVID-related goals and behaviors in a large community sample (N = 995, 301 men). Our results showed substantial relationships between goals and behaviors. Goals were best described by a bi-dimensional structure (being safe vs. being free), whereas behaviors clustered into a three-component structure (hygiene, distancing, going out). Hierarchical multiple regressions demonstrated the incremental validity of goals in the prediction of behaviors. Network analysis suggested that goals imbued with social content were more directly related to both risky and preventive behaviors. Motivational aspects emerged as important contributors to the organization of behaviors in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635406/fullCOVID-19goalsbehaviorsprincipal component analysisnetwork analysis |
| spellingShingle | Giulio Costantini Marco Di Sarno Emanuele Preti Emanuele Preti Juliette Richetin Marco Perugini Would You Rather Be Safe or Free? Motivational and Behavioral Aspects in COVID-19 Mitigation Frontiers in Psychology COVID-19 goals behaviors principal component analysis network analysis |
| title | Would You Rather Be Safe or Free? Motivational and Behavioral Aspects in COVID-19 Mitigation |
| title_full | Would You Rather Be Safe or Free? Motivational and Behavioral Aspects in COVID-19 Mitigation |
| title_fullStr | Would You Rather Be Safe or Free? Motivational and Behavioral Aspects in COVID-19 Mitigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Would You Rather Be Safe or Free? Motivational and Behavioral Aspects in COVID-19 Mitigation |
| title_short | Would You Rather Be Safe or Free? Motivational and Behavioral Aspects in COVID-19 Mitigation |
| title_sort | would you rather be safe or free motivational and behavioral aspects in covid 19 mitigation |
| topic | COVID-19 goals behaviors principal component analysis network analysis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635406/full |
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