Date of Publication
12-2023
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Psychology Major in Clinical Psychology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Psychology
Thesis Advisor
Homer J. Yabut
Defense Panel Chair
Ron R. Resurreccion
Defense Panel Member
Darren E. Dumaop
Christine Joy Ballada
Abstract/Summary
As the new normal quickly becomes the daily reality, Filipinos must acclimate to the still looming threat of COVID-19 by adapting recommended health safety protocols. The WHO has suggested that the best way to prevent the spread of the virus and to prepare people for the new normal is through the dissemination of accurate information about the cause, transmission, and prevention of COVID-19. The Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) provides insight as to how accurate knowledge of COVID-19 is translated into COVID-19 health protective behaviors among Filipinos. This study tested threat perception and self-efficacy as mediators between knowledge of COVID-19 and adherence to COVID-19 health safety guidelines. Data was gathered from two hundred fifty-one Filipinos using a questionnaire adapted for this study. The model 4 of the Hayes PROCESS macro for SPSS was used to analyze the data. Threat perception was found to mediate the relationship between knowledge and adherence while self-efficacy did not. This implies that knowledge may not be enough to trigger adherence on its own.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Recommended Citation
Batiles, M. R. (2023). The mediating role of Threat Perception and Self-Efficacy between Knowledge of COVID-19 and Adherence to COVID-19 Safety Guidelines. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdm_psych/49
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