Social cognitive factors outweigh negative emotionality in predicting COVID-19 related safety behaviors

Emotion-motivation models propose that behaviors, including health behaviors, should be predicted by the same variables that also predict negative affect since emotional reactions should induce a motivation to avoid threatening situations. In contrast, social cognitive models propose that safety beh...

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Main Authors: Grit Hein, Matthias Gamer, Dominik Gall, Marthe Gründahl, Katharina Domschke, Marta Andreatta, Matthias J. Wieser, Paul Pauli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335521002497