Government Trust and Motivational Factors on Health Protective Behaviors to Prevent COVID-19 Among Young Adults
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2022-04
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en
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Frontiers Media S.A.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of government trust on young adults’ adoption of health behaviors to prevent infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Method: We tested the hypothesis that government trust would directly and indirectly (through worry/fear and subjective norms) influence the adoption of health-protective behaviors. A sample of 1,136 university students completed a web survey after Chile’s first wave of infections. Results: The results indicate that low government trust only indirectly (through subjective norms) influenced health-protective behaviors. Conversely, worry/fear was the primary motivating factor for adopting health-protective behaviors in young adults, followed by subjective norms. Conclusion: In scenarios where people perceive low government trust, emotions and social norms are the motivational factors with the most significant predictive power on the adoption of health-protective behaviors.
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COVID–19, government trust, protective behaviors, subjective norms
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International Journal of Public Health, Volume 6713, April 2022, Article number 1604290
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10.3389/ijph.2022.1604290