Personality traits, risk perception, and protective behaviors of Arab residents of Qatar during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Abdelrahman - International journal of mental health and addiction, 2022 - Springer
Abstract During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, people in Qatar—similar to most countries
globally—were instructed by health authorities to adopt protective behaviors to avoid …

Individual differences in social distancing and mask-wearing in the pandemic of COVID-19: The role of need for cognition, self-control and risk attitude

P Xu, J Cheng - Personality and individual differences, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In the United States, while the number of COVID-19 cases continue to increase, the
practice of social distancing and mask-wearing have been controversial and even …

Social distancing compliance under COVID-19 pandemic and mental health impacts: a population-based study

SZ Zhao, JYH Wong, Y Wu, EPH Choi… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The success of public health measures for controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic relies on population compliance. We analyzed compliance with social …

Public perceptions, anxiety and the perceived efficacy of health-protective behaviours to mitigate the spread of the SARS-Cov-2/COVID-19 pandemic

Z Vally - Public health, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Data relating to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Middle
East remains sparse. This study examines the public's perceptions of the pandemic …

Perceptions towards COVID-19 and adoption of preventive measures among the public in Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study

G Alkhaldi, GS Aljuraiban, S Alhurishi, R De Souza… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Effective management of the spread of a novel infectious disease, such as the
COVID-19 virus can be achieved through influencing people's behavior to adopt preventive …

COVID-19 pandemic: Psycho-social consequences during the social distancing period among Najran City population

AM Al-Qahtani, WT Elgzar, HAF Ibrahim - Psychiatria Danubina, 2020 - hrcak.srce.hr
Background: COVID-19 is a global pandemic that endanger the health and enforced social
distancing for the whole world. Social distancing may generate stress, anxiety, and …

Risk perception regarding the COVID-19 outbreak among the general population: a comparative Middle East survey

MAH Shahin, RM Hussien - Middle East Current Psychiatry, 2020 - Springer
Background People's perceptions of pandemic-associated risk are key factors contributing to
increased public participation in disease preventive measures. The aim of the study was to …

COVID-19 preventive behaviors and influencing factors in the Iranian population; a web-based survey

M Firouzbakht, S Omidvar, S Firouzbakht… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background COVID19 is a respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus. As there has
been no definitive treatment for the disease so far, the only way to control the spread is to …

Knowledge and practice of personal protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia

AS Bazaid, A Aldarhami, NK Binsaleh, S Sherwani… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emergent
infectious pathogen causing an acute respiratory disease called corona virus disease 2019 …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological and behavioral response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

F Balkhi, A Nasir, A Zehra, R Riaz - Cureus, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China, which began in
December 2019, evolved to become a global pandemic. The pandemic, along with the …