Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study
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in: Psychological Medicine, Jahrgang 53, Nr. 1, 26.01.2023, S. 149-159.
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T1 - Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic
T2 - A cross-sectional and longitudinal study
AU - PsyCorona Collaboration
AU - Han, Qing
AU - Zheng, Bang
AU - Cristea, Mioara
AU - Agostini, Maximilian
AU - Bélanger, Jocelyn J.
AU - Gützkow, Ben
AU - Kreienkamp, Jannis
AU - Leander, N. Pontus
AU - Abakoumkin, Georgios
AU - Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum Abdul
AU - Ahmedi, Vjollca
AU - Akkas, Handan
AU - Almenara, Carlos A.
AU - Atta, Mohsin
AU - Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem
AU - Basel, Sima
AU - Kida, Edona Berisha
AU - Bernardo, Allan B.I.
AU - Buttrick, Nicholas R.
AU - Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
AU - Choi, Hoon Seok
AU - Csaba, Sára
AU - Damnjanovic, Kaja
AU - Danyliuk, Ivan
AU - Dash, Arobindu
AU - Di Santo, Daniela
AU - Douglas, Karen M.
AU - Enea, Violeta
AU - Faller, Daiane Gracieli
AU - Fitzsimons, Gavan J.
AU - Gheorghiu, Alexandra
AU - Grzymala-Moszczynska, Joanna
AU - Gómez, Ángel
AU - Hamaidia, Ali
AU - Helmy, Mai
AU - Hudiyana, Joevarian
AU - Jeronimus, Bertus F.
AU - Jiang, Ding Yu
AU - Jovanovic, Veljko
AU - Kamenov, Željka
AU - Kende, Anna
AU - Keng, Shian Ling
AU - Kieu, Tra Thi Thanh
AU - Koc, Yasin
AU - Kovyazina, Kamila
AU - Kozytska, Inna
AU - Krause, Joshua
AU - Kruglanski, Arie W.
AU - Kurapov, Anton
AU - Kutlaca, Maja
N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2023/1/26
Y1 - 2023/1/26
N2 - Background The effective implementation of government policies and measures for controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic requires compliance from the public. This study aimed to examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of trust in government regarding COVID-19 control with the adoption of recommended health behaviours and prosocial behaviours, and potential determinants of trust in government during the pandemic. Methods This study analysed data from the PsyCorona Survey, an international project on COVID-19 that included 23 733 participants from 23 countries (representative in age and gender distributions by country) at baseline survey and 7785 participants who also completed follow-up surveys. Specification curve analysis was used to examine concurrent associations between trust in government and self-reported behaviours. We further used structural equation model to explore potential determinants of trust in government. Multilevel linear regressions were used to examine associations between baseline trust and longitudinal behavioural changes. Results Higher trust in government regarding COVID-19 control was significantly associated with higher adoption of health behaviours (handwashing, avoiding crowded space, self-quarantine) and prosocial behaviours in specification curve analyses (median standardised β = 0.173 and 0.229, p < 0.001). Government perceived as well organised, disseminating clear messages and knowledge on COVID-19, and perceived fairness were positively associated with trust in government (standardised β = 0.358, 0.230, 0.056, and 0.249, p < 0.01). Higher trust at baseline survey was significantly associated with lower rate of decline in health behaviours over time (p for interaction = 0.001). Conclusions These results highlighted the importance of trust in government in the control of COVID-19.
AB - Background The effective implementation of government policies and measures for controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic requires compliance from the public. This study aimed to examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of trust in government regarding COVID-19 control with the adoption of recommended health behaviours and prosocial behaviours, and potential determinants of trust in government during the pandemic. Methods This study analysed data from the PsyCorona Survey, an international project on COVID-19 that included 23 733 participants from 23 countries (representative in age and gender distributions by country) at baseline survey and 7785 participants who also completed follow-up surveys. Specification curve analysis was used to examine concurrent associations between trust in government and self-reported behaviours. We further used structural equation model to explore potential determinants of trust in government. Multilevel linear regressions were used to examine associations between baseline trust and longitudinal behavioural changes. Results Higher trust in government regarding COVID-19 control was significantly associated with higher adoption of health behaviours (handwashing, avoiding crowded space, self-quarantine) and prosocial behaviours in specification curve analyses (median standardised β = 0.173 and 0.229, p < 0.001). Government perceived as well organised, disseminating clear messages and knowledge on COVID-19, and perceived fairness were positively associated with trust in government (standardised β = 0.358, 0.230, 0.056, and 0.249, p < 0.01). Higher trust at baseline survey was significantly associated with lower rate of decline in health behaviours over time (p for interaction = 0.001). Conclusions These results highlighted the importance of trust in government in the control of COVID-19.
KW - Management studies
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/fb44876d-5b51-367f-a6ee-91b11d8ea4bc/
U2 - 10.1017/S0033291721001306
DO - 10.1017/S0033291721001306
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 33769242
AN - SCOPUS:85103442450
VL - 53
SP - 149
EP - 159
JO - Psychological Medicine
JF - Psychological Medicine
SN - 0033-2917
IS - 1
ER -