Anxiety and safety behavior usage during the COVID-19 pandemic: the prospective role of contamination fear

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Autor(es): dc.creatorKnowles, Kelly A.-
Autor(es): dc.creatorOlatunji, Bunmi O.-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2026-02-09T11:50:26Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2026-02-09T11:50:26Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2020-11-04-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2020-11-04-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2020-12-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.ufla.br/handle/1/45374-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0887618520301377-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/capes/1148607-
Descrição: dc.descriptionThe coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has broadly increased anxiety and changed individual behavior. However, there is limited research examining predictors of pandemic-related changes, and the majority of existing research is cross-sectional in nature, which limits causal inference. Given functional links with disease avoidance processes, individual differences in contamination fear may be especially relevant in predicting responses to COVID-19. Accordingly, the present study prospectively examines contamination fear and obsessive-compulsive washing symptoms as predictors of anxiety and safety behaviors in response to COVID-19 in a student sample (N = 108). To examine specificity, anxiety and safety behaviors in response to seasonal influenza are also examined. In the early stages of the pandemic (March 2020), coronavirus-related anxiety was higher than flu-related anxiety (d = 1.38). Obsessive-compulsive washing symptoms also increased from before the pandemic (d = 0.4). Although baseline contamination fear and obsessive-compulsive washing symptoms did not significantly predict coronavirus-related anxiety, contamination fear did significantly predict safety behavior usage in response to both COVID-19 and influenza. The specificity of the prospective association between contamination fear and the use of safety behaviors are discussed in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the broader literature on the role of safety behaviors in anxiety.-
Idioma: dc.languageen-
Publicador: dc.publisherElsevier-
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???dc.source???: dc.sourceJournal of Anxiety Disorders-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectCOVID-19-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectSafety behavior-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectAnxiety-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectContamination fear-
Título: dc.titleAnxiety and safety behavior usage during the COVID-19 pandemic: the prospective role of contamination fear-
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