Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

June 2, 2020

Modeling Compliance with COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines: The Critical Role of Trust in Science

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  • Structural equation modeling on a dataset from an online survey (n=525) shows that COVID-19 risk perception and trust in science are both independent predictors of compliance with COVID-19 prevention guidelines, while other factors such as political conservatism and religious orthodoxy indirectly affect compliance through trust in science. 

Plohl and Musil. (June 1, 2020). Modeling Compliance with COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines: The Critical Role of Trust in Science. Psychology, Health & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2020.1772988