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

• Main Authors: Han, Qing, Zheng, Bang, Cristea, Mioara, Agostini, Maximilian, Belanger, Jocelyn J, Gutzkow, Ben, Kreienkamp, Jannis, Collaboration, PsyCorona, Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum, Leander, N Pontus
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Subjects: BF Psychology; BF309 Consciousness. Cognition; BF511 Affection. Feeling. Emotion; BF608 Will. Volition. Choice. Control; H Social Sciences (General); HM Sociology; HM1001 Social psychology; HM1106 Interpersonal relations. Social behavior; RA Public aspects of medicine; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health; RA790 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/90094/7/90094_Trust%20in%20government%20regarding%20COVID-19%20and%20its%20associations%20with%20preventive%20health%20behaviour_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90094/8/90094_Trust%20in%20government%20regarding%20COVID-19%20and%20its%20associations%20with%20preventive%20health%20behaviour.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90094/; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/trust-in-government-regarding-covid19-and-its-associations-with-preventive-health-behaviour-and-prosocial-behaviour-during-the-pandemic-a-crosssectional-and-longitudinal-study/41AAC4672B74401B6A3DB15E2D24A60C; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721001306[Opens in a new window]

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 contr...