Journal article
Social Cognitive Theory and Willingness to Perform Recommended Health Behavior: The Moderating Role of Misperceptions
Journal of health communication, Vol.29(1), pp.49-60
01/02/2024
PMID: 37970863
Abstract
More than 6 million people have died due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to slow down the spread of COVID-19, health authorities have created numerous guidelines. In the current study, we use survey data from the U.S. and social cognitive theory (SCT) to examine the associations among self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, and willingness to perform recommended COVID-19 related health behavior. Considering the misinformation-filled information ecology during the pandemic, we also examine the moderating role of misperceptions in these relationships. Our findings show that in general the SCT hypotheses hold for COVID-19 related behavior willingness. The interaction effects with COVID-19 misperceptions show that self-efficacy is not enough to understand people's health behavior. Higher outcome expectancies are important and may be able to overcome even if people held high misperceptions. Our findings have direct implications for communication theory and for health organizations in the contemporary information ecology.
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- Title
- Social Cognitive Theory and Willingness to Perform Recommended Health Behavior: The Moderating Role of Misperceptions
- Creators
- Porismita Borah - Washington State University, Strategic Communication, Department ofKyle Lorenzano - University of West GeorgiaEylul Yel - Purdue University West LafayetteErica Austin - Washington State University, Strategic Communication, Department of
- Publication Details
- Journal of health communication, Vol.29(1), pp.49-60
- Academic Unit
- Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
- Identifiers
- 99901124641101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article