Risk perception and behavior analysis of Guizhou college students on COVID-19 epidemic
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.02.013
- VernacularTitle:贵州大学生对新型冠状病毒风险感知与行为分析
- Author:
WANG Lingli, WANG Jiahao, AI Chunyan, YANG Yuli, ZHANG Wanzhu
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Author Information
1. School of Medical Humanities, Guizhou Medical University,Guiyang(550025), China
- Publication Type:期刊文章
- Keywords:
Coronavirus;
Risk management;
Behavior;
Health education;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2021;42(2):211-214
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:In order to provide guidance for the prevention and control of epidemic situations in schools, this paper explores the risk perception and prevention behaviors of college students after classes resume in the post-epidemic period of novel coronavirus pneumonia.
Methods:By using convenient sampling method, 835 college students who resumed classes were randomly selected from a university in Guizhou. Self-efficacy questionnaire, perceived social support questionnaire and self-designed questionnaire were adiministered.
Results:Totally 37.0% of college students believed that the risk of infection was high, 57.4% of college students believed the severity of infection was very high once get infected, meanwhile, 84.3% of them think that keeping away from crowded places was a better preventive behavior, 89.7% of college students often wear masks, 91.4% of college students wash their hands frequently. There was a significant positive correlation between general self-efficacy, perceived social support and preventive behavior (r=0.10-0.65, P<0.01). General self-efficacy and perceived social support play both a partial intermediary role and a chain intermediary role between risk perception and preventive behavior.
Conclusion:Risk perception of Novel Coronavirus was moderate among college students, who can take active measures to effectively prevent it. Risk perception could not only directly affect the prevention behavior of college students, but also indirectly affect the prevention behavior of college students through understanding social support and general self-efficacy.
