@article{Abakoumkin_G-2023_164952,
title = {Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID-19: Evidence across countries and over time},
author = {Abakoumkin, G. and Tseliou, E. and McCabe, K. and Lemay, E. and Stroebe, W. and Agostini, M. and Bélanger, J. and Gützkow, B. and Kreienkamp, J. and Kutlaca, M. and vanDellen, M. and Khaiyom, J. and Akkas, H. and Almenara, C. and Atta, M. and Bagci, S. and Basel, S. and Kida, E. and Bernardo, A. and Buttrick, N. and Chobthamkit, P. and Choi, H. and Cristea, M. and Csaba, S. and Damnjanović, K. and Danyliuk, I. and Di Santo, D. and Douglas, K. and Enea, V. and Faller, D. and Fitzsimons, G. and Gheorghi, A. and Gómez, Á. and Grzymala‑Moszczynska, J. and Hamaidia, A. and Han, Q. and Helmy, M. and Hudiyana, J. and Jeronimus, B. and Jiang, D. and Jovanović, V. and Kamenov, Ž. and Kende, A. and Keng, S. and Kieu, T. and Koc, Y. and Kovyazina, K. and Kozytska, I. and Krause, J. and Kruglanski, A. and Kurapov, A. and Lantos, N. and Lesmana, C. and Louis, W. and Lueders, A. and Malik, N. and Martinez, A. and Mehulić, J. and Milla, M. and Mohammed, I. and Molinario, E. and Moyano, M. and Muhammad, H. and Mula, S. and Muluk, H. and Myroniuk, S. and Najafi, R. and Nisa, C. and Nyúl, B. and O'Keefe, P. and Osuna, J. and Osin, E. and Park, J. and Pica, G. and Pierro, A. and Rees, J. and Reitsema, A. and Resta, E. and Rullo, M. and Ryan, M. and Samekin, A. and Santtila, P. and Sasin, E. and Schumpe, B. and Selim, H. and Stanton, M. and Sultana, S. and Sutton, R. and Utsugi, A. and van Breen, J. and van Lissa, C. and van Veen, K. and Yeung, V. and Zand, S. and Žeželj, I. and Zheng, B. and Zick, A. and Zúñiga, C. and Leander, N.},
month = {dec},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Virus mitigation behavior has been and still is a powerful means to fight the COVID-19 pandemic irrespective of the availability of pharmaceutical means (e.g., vaccines). We drew on health behavior theories to predict health-protective (coping-specific) responses and hope (coping non-specific response) from health-related cognitions (vulnerability, severity, self-assessed knowledge, efficacy). In an extension of this model, we proposed orientation to internal (problem-focused coping) and external (country capability) coping resources as antecedents of health protection and hope; health-related cognitions were assumed as mediators of this link. We tested these predictions in a large multi-national multi-wave study with a cross-sectional panel at T1 (Baseline, March-April 2020; N = 57,631 in 113 countries) and a panel subsample at two later time points, T2 (November 2020; N = 3097) and T3 (April 2021; N = 2628). Multilevel models showed that health-related cognitions predicted health-protective responses and hope. Problem-focused coping was mainly linked to health-protective behaviors (T1-T3), whereas country capability was mainly linked to hope (T1-T3). These relationships were partially mediated by health-related cognitions. We conceptually replicated predictions of health behavior theories within a real health threat, further suggesting how different coping resources are associated with qualitatively distinct outcomes. Both patterns were consistent across countries and time.},
journal = {Social and Personality Psychology Compass},
publisher = {Wiley},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12909},
}
