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  • Predicting physical distancing over time during COVID-19: testing an integrated model

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    Author(s)
    Hagger, MS
    Smith, SR
    Keech, JJ
    Moyers, SA
    Hamilton, K
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Hamilton, Kyra
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    Objective: We applied an integrated social cognition model to predict physical distancing behavior, a key COVID-19 preventive behavior, over a four-month period. Design: A three-wave longitudinal survey design. Methods: Australian and US residents (N = 601) completed self-report measures of social cognition constructs (attitude, subjective norm, moral norm, perceived behavioral control [PBC]), intention, habit, and physical distancing behavior on an initial occasion (T1) and on two further occasions one week (T2) and four months (T3) later. Results: A structural equation model revealed that subjective norm, moral norm, and ...
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    Objective: We applied an integrated social cognition model to predict physical distancing behavior, a key COVID-19 preventive behavior, over a four-month period. Design: A three-wave longitudinal survey design. Methods: Australian and US residents (N = 601) completed self-report measures of social cognition constructs (attitude, subjective norm, moral norm, perceived behavioral control [PBC]), intention, habit, and physical distancing behavior on an initial occasion (T1) and on two further occasions one week (T2) and four months (T3) later. Results: A structural equation model revealed that subjective norm, moral norm, and PBC, were consistent predictors of physical distancing intention on all three occasions. Intention and habit at T1 and T2 predicted physical distancing behavior at T2 and T3, respectively. Intention at T2 mediated effects of subjective norm, moral norm, and PBC at T2 on physical distancing behavior at T3, and habit at T1 and T2 mediated effects of behavior at T1 and T2 on follow-up behavior at T2 and T3, respectively. Conclusion: Normative (subjective and moral norms) and capacity (PBC) constructs were consistent predictors of physical distancing intention, and intention and habit were consistent predictors of physical distancing behavior. Interventions promoting physical distancing should target change in normative and personal capacity beliefs, and habit. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1968397.
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    Journal Title
    Psychology & Health
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1968397
    Copyright Statement
    This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Psychology & Health, 26 Aug 2021, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1968397
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    This publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
    Subject
    Curriculum and pedagogy
    Psychology
    Social cognition theory
    behavior change
    habit
    integrated models
    social distancing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/407736
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