Understanding public's adoption of preventive behavior during COVID-19 pandemic using health belief model: role of psychological capital and health appraisals

• Main Authors: Sarwar, Farhan, Jameel, Hafiz Tahir, Panatik, Siti Aisyah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2023
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/106720/1/SitiAisyahPanatik2023_UnderstandingPublicsAdoptionofPreventive.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/106720/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440231192185

Recognizing the importance of prevention during a highly transmissible disease like COVID-19, this study analyzed the effect of health psychological capital and health appraisals (benefits, barriers, contextual threat, seriousness and susceptibility) on voluntary adoption of preventive behavior. The...