The coronavirus (COVID‐19) fatality risk perception of US adult residents in March and April 2020

Niepel, Christoph; Kranz, Dirk; Borgonovi, Francesca; Emslander, Valentin; Greiff, Samuel

doi:10.1111/bjhp.12438

Reference : The coronavirus (COVID‐19) fatality risk perception of US adult residents in March an...


	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Multidisciplinary, general & others
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44274

Title :	The coronavirus (COVID‐19) fatality risk perception of US adult residents in March and April 2020
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Niepel, Christoph [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)]
	Kranz, Dirk [> >]
	Borgonovi, Francesca [> >]
	Emslander, Valentin [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET)]
	Greiff, Samuel [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)]
Publication date :	2020
Journal title :	British Journal of Health Psychology
Pages :	bjhp.12438
Peer reviewed :	Yes
ISSN :	2044-8287
Abstract :	[en] The study compares empirical results on the coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 (causing COVID‐19) fatality risk perception of US adult residents stratified for age, gender, and race in mid‐March 2020 (N1 = 1,182) and mid‐April 2020 (N2 = 953). While the fatality risk perception has increased from March 2020 to April 2020, our findings suggest that many US adult residents severely underestimated their absolute and relative fatality risk (i.e., differentiated for subgroups defined by pre‐existing medical conditions and age) at both time points compared to current epidemiological figures. These results are worrying because risk perception, as our study indicates, relates to actual or intended health‐protective behaviour that can reduce SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission rates.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44274
DOI :	10.1111/bjhp.12438
Other URL :	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjhp.12438

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