Fear of Infection and the Common Good: COVID-19 and the First Italian Lockdown

In the first quarter of 2020, Italy became one of the earliest hotspots of COVID-19 infection, and the government imposed a lockdown. During the lockdown, an online survey of 2053 adults was conducted that asked about health behaviors and about the psychological and overall impact of COVID-19. The p...

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Autores principales:	Lloyd Balbuena, Merylin Monaro
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	social dilemma fear of infection safety measures collective behavior pathogens self-control Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c1d1b0f461414f57be8b99fa579e3da02021-11-11T16:28:37ZFear of Infection and the Common Good: COVID-19 and the First Italian Lockdown10.3390/ijerph1821113411660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/c1d1b0f461414f57be8b99fa579e3da02021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11341https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601In the first quarter of 2020, Italy became one of the earliest hotspots of COVID-19 infection, and the government imposed a lockdown. During the lockdown, an online survey of 2053 adults was conducted that asked about health behaviors and about the psychological and overall impact of COVID-19. The present study is a secondary analysis of that data. We hypothesized that self-control, higher socio-economic status, existing health conditions, and fear of infection were all inversely related to actions (or intentions) that violated the lockdown (i.e., infractions). Using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), we found that only the fear of infection significantly dissuaded people from violating lockdown rules. Since it is not practical or ethical to sow a fear of infection, our study indicates that enacting rules and enforcing them firmly and fairly are important tools for containing the infection. This may become more important as vaccines become more widely available and people lose their fear of infection.Lloyd BalbuenaMerylin MonaroMDPI AGarticlesocial dilemmafear of infectionsafety measurescollective behaviorpathogensself-controlMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11341, p 11341 (2021)
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description	In the first quarter of 2020, Italy became one of the earliest hotspots of COVID-19 infection, and the government imposed a lockdown. During the lockdown, an online survey of 2053 adults was conducted that asked about health behaviors and about the psychological and overall impact of COVID-19. The present study is a secondary analysis of that data. We hypothesized that self-control, higher socio-economic status, existing health conditions, and fear of infection were all inversely related to actions (or intentions) that violated the lockdown (i.e., infractions). Using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), we found that only the fear of infection significantly dissuaded people from violating lockdown rules. Since it is not practical or ethical to sow a fear of infection, our study indicates that enacting rules and enforcing them firmly and fairly are important tools for containing the infection. This may become more important as vaccines become more widely available and people lose their fear of infection.
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title	Fear of Infection and the Common Good: COVID-19 and the First Italian Lockdown
title_short	Fear of Infection and the Common Good: COVID-19 and the First Italian Lockdown
title_full	Fear of Infection and the Common Good: COVID-19 and the First Italian Lockdown
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Fear of Infection and the Common Good: COVID-19 and the First Italian Lockdown

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