@article{Stroebe_W-2021_58531,
title = {Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence},
author = {Stroebe, W. and van Dellen, M. and Abakoumkin, G. and Lemay, E. and Schiavone, W. and Agostini, M. and Bélanger, J. and Gützkow, B. and Kreienkamp, J. and Reitsema, A. and Abdul Khaiyom, J. and Ahmedi, V. and Akkas, H. and Almenara, C. and Atta, M. and Bagci, S. and Basel, S. and Berisha 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 Dash, A. and Di Santo, D. and Douglas, K. and Enea, V. and Faller, D. and Fitzsimons, G. and Gheorghi, A. and Gómez, Á. 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 Kutlaca, M. and Lantos, N. and Lemsmana, C. and Louis, W. and Lueders, A. and Malik, N. and Martinez, A. and McCabe, K. 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 Olivas Osuna, J. and Osin, E. and Park, J. and Pica, G. and Pierro, A. and Rees, J. 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 Tseliou, E. and Utsugi, A. and van Breen, J. and van Lissa, C. and van Veen, K. and Vázquez, A. and Wollast, R. and Wai-Lan Yeung, V. and Zand, S. and Žeželj, I. and Zheng, B. and Zick, A. and Zúñiga, C. and Leander, N.},
month = {oct},
year = {2021},
abstract = {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.},
volume = {16},
issue = {10},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
publisher = {Public Library of Science},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256740},
}
