The influence of social anxiety, trait anxiety, and perceived vulnerability to disease on the frequency of face mask wearing
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- Miyazaki Yuki
- Fukuyama University
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- Kamatani Miki
- Hokkaido University
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- Kawahara Jun I.
- Hokkaido University
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- Other Title
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- 社交不安・特性不安・感染脆弱意識が衛生マスク着用頻度に及ぼす影響
- シャコウ フアン ・ トクセイ フアン ・ カンセン ゼイジャク イシキ ガ エイセイ マスク チャクヨウ ヒンド ニ オヨボス エイキョウ
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Abstract
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the psychological factors related to the frequency of face mask wearing (mask wearing) among Japanese people. Specifically, the influence of social anxiety (scrutiny fears, social interaction anxiety), trait anxiety, and perceived vulnerability to disease (germ aversion, perceived infectability) on mask wearing frequency was examined. We also investigated whether the relationships were altered based on the COVID-19 pandemic and the seasons. Online surveys (N=6,742) were conducted in the summer and winter seasons from Aug. 2018 to Dec. 2020. Results showed that scrutiny fears, perceived infectability (but only in the winter season), and germ aversion affected the frequency of mask wearing before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the relationships were altered as the COVID-19 pandemic spread. Scrutiny fears and perceived infectability did not play a role in the frequency of mask wearing. These alternations of results could be derived from the increase in mask wearing rate, changes in the reasons to wear masks among Japanese people, and elevation of perceived risk to COVID-19 due to the increased transmission.</p>
Journal
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- The Japanese journal of psychology
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The Japanese journal of psychology 92 (5), 339-349, 2021
The Japanese Psychological Association
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390009062455827456
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- NII Article ID
- 130008134535
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- NII Book ID
- AN00123620
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- ISSN
- 18841082
- 00215236
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- NDL BIB ID
- 031872162
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed