文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Cross-Country Differences in Stay-at-Home Behaviors during Peaks in the COVID-19 Pandemic in China and the United States: The Roles of Health Beliefs and Behavioral Intention

作者：Hong, Wei[1];Liu, Ru-De[1];Ding, Yi[2];Hwang, Jacqueline[2];Wang, Jia[3];Yang, Yi[1]

第一作者：Hong, Wei

通讯作者：Liu, RD[1]

机构：[1]Beijing Normal Univ, Natl Demonstrat Ctr Expt Psychol Educ, Fac Psychol, Beijing Key Lab Appl Expt Psychol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China;[2]Fordham Univ, Grad Sch Educ, New York, NY 10023 USA;[3]Beijing Union Univ, Teachers Coll, Beijing 100874, Peoples R China

第一机构：Beijing Normal Univ, Natl Demonstrat Ctr Expt Psychol Educ, Fac Psychol, Beijing Key Lab Appl Expt Psychol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Beijing Normal Univ, Natl Demonstrat Ctr Expt Psychol Educ, Fac Psychol, Beijing Key Lab Appl Expt Psychol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China.

年份：2021

卷号：18

期号：4

起止页码：1-15

外文期刊名：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85100917772);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000623553400001)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000623553400001)】；

基金：This research was funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, grant number 17BSH102.

语种：英文

外文关键词：cross-country difference; stay-at-home behavior; health belief; behavioral intention; college student

摘要：The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rapidly escalated to a global pandemic. To control the rate of transmission, governments advocated that the public practice social distancing, which included staying at home. However, compliance with stay-at-home orders has varied between countries such as China and the United States, and little is known about the mechanisms underlying the national differences. Based on the health belief model, the theory of reasoned action, and the technology acceptance model, health beliefs and behavioral intention are suggested as possible explanations. A total of 498 Chinese and 292 American college students were recruited to complete an online survey. The structural equation modeling results showed that health beliefs (i.e., perceived susceptibility, severity, and barriers) and behavioral intention played multiple mediating roles in the association between nationality and actual stay-at-home behaviors. Notably, the effect via perceived barriers -> behavioral intention was stronger than the effects via perceived susceptibility and severity -> behavioral intention. That is, American participants perceived high levels of susceptibility whereas Chinese participants perceived high levels of severity, especially few barriers, which further led to increased behavioral intention and more frequent stay-at-home behaviors. These findings not only facilitate a comprehensive understanding of cross-country differences in compliance with stay-at-home orders during peaks in the COVID-19 pandemic but also lend support for mitigation of the current global crisis and future disease prevention and health promotion efforts.