Trust in government regarding COVID-19 and its associations with preventive health behaviour and prosocial behaviour during the pandemic: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study

Han Q. Zheng B. Cristea M. Agostini M. Bélanger J.J. Gützkow B. Kreienkamp J. Leander N.P. Abakoumkin G. Khaiyom J.H.A. Ahmedi V. Akkas H. Almenara C.A. Atta M. Bagci S.C. Basel S. Kida E.B. Bernardo A.B.I. Buttrick N.R. Chobthamkit P. Choi H.-S. Csaba S. Damnjanovic K. Danyliuk I. Dash A. Di Santo D. Douglas K.M. Enea V. Faller D.G. Fitzsimons G.J. Gheorghiu A. Grzymala-Moszczynska J. Gómez Á. Hamaidia A. Helmy M. Hudiyana J. Jeronimus B.F. Jiang D. Jovanovic V. Kamenov Ž. Kende A. Keng S.-L. Kieu T.T.T. Koc Y. Kovyazina K. Kozytska I. Krause J. Kruglanski A.W. Kurapov A. Kutlaca M. Lantos N.A. Lemay E.P. Lesmana B.J. Louis W.R. Lueders A. Malik N.I. Martinez A.P. McCabe K.O. Mehulic J. Milla M.N. Mohammed I. Molinario E. Moyano M. Muhammad H. Mula S. Muluk H. Myroniuk S. Najafi R. Nisa C.F. Nyúl B. Zúñiga C. OKeefe P.A. Osuna J.J.O. Osin E. Park J. Pica G. Pierro A. Rees J.H. Reitsema A.M. Resta E. Rullo M. Ryan M.K. Samekin A. Santtila P. Sasin E. Schumpe B.M. Selim H.A. Stanton M.V. Stroebe W. Sultana S. Sutton R.M. Tseliou E. Utsugi A. Van Breen J.A. Van Lissa C.J. Van Veen K. Van Dellen M.R. Vázquez A. Wollast R. Yeung V.W.-L. Zand S. Žeželj I.L. Zick A.
26 January 2023 Cambridge University Press

Psychological Medicine
2023 #53 Issue 1 149 - 159 pp.

Background The effective implementation of government policies and measures for controlling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic requires compliance from the public. This study aimed to examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of trust in government regarding COVID-19 control with the adoption of recommended health behaviours and prosocial behaviours, and potential determinants of trust in government during the pandemic. Methods This study analysed data from the PsyCorona Survey, an international project on COVID-19 that included 23 733 participants from 23 countries (representative in age and gender distributions by country) at baseline survey and 7785 participants who also completed follow-up surveys. Specification curve analysis was used to examine concurrent associations between trust in government and self-reported behaviours. We further used structural equation model to explore potential determinants of trust in government. Multilevel linear regressions were used to examine associations between baseline trust and longitudinal behavioural changes. Results Higher trust in government regarding COVID-19 control was significantly associated with higher adoption of health behaviours (handwashing, avoiding crowded space, self-quarantine) and prosocial behaviours in specification curve analyses (median standardised β = 0.173 and 0.229, p < 0.001). Government perceived as well organised, disseminating clear messages and knowledge on COVID-19, and perceived fairness were positively associated with trust in government (standardised β = 0.358, 0.230, 0.056, and 0.249, p < 0.01). Higher trust at baseline survey was significantly associated with lower rate of decline in health behaviours over time (p for interaction = 0.001). Conclusions These results highlighted the importance of trust in government in the control of COVID-19. Copyright

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School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Ageing Epidemiology Research Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Department of Psychology, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Department of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
University of Thessaly, Greece
International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Pristine University, Serbia
Ankara Science University, Turkey
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru
University of Sargodha, Pakistan
Sabanci University, Turkey
New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
De La Salle University, Philippines
University of Virginia, United States
Thammasat University, Thailand
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
University of Belgrade, Serbia
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
Leuphana University of Luneburg, Germany
University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
University of Kent, United Kingdom
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania
Duke University, United States
Jagiellonian University, Poland
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Setif 2 University, Algeria
Menoufia University, Egypt
Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
University of Groningen, Netherlands
National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan
University of Novi Sad, Serbia
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Yale-NUS College, Singapore
HCMC University of Education, Viet Nam
Kazakhstan
University of Maryland, Cokorda, United States
Durham University, United Kingdom
Udayana University, Indonesia
University of Queensland, Australia
Université Clermont-Auvergne, France
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Vanderbilt University, United States
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria
University of Cordoba, Spain
University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Iran
Universidad de Chile, Chile
National Distance Education University (UNED), Spain
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russian Federation
NUCB Business School, Japan
University of Camerino, Italy
University of Bielefeld, Germany
University of Siena, Italy
International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan
New York University Shanghai, China
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
California State University, East Bay, United States
Nagoya University, Japan
Leiden University, Netherlands
Utrecht University, Netherlands
University of Georgia, United States
Lingnan University, Hong Kong
University of Osnabrück, Germany

School of Psychological Science
Ageing Epidemiology Research Unit
Department of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Thessaly
International Islamic University Malaysia
Pristine University
Ankara Science University
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
University of Sargodha
Sabanci University
New York University Abu Dhabi
De La Salle University
University of Virginia
Thammasat University
Sungkyunkwan University
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
University of Belgrade
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Leuphana University of Luneburg
University La Sapienza
University of Kent
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Duke University
Jagiellonian University
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Setif 2 University
Menoufia University
Universitas Indonesia
University of Groningen
National Chung-Cheng University
University of Novi Sad
University of Zagreb
Yale-NUS College
HCMC University of Education
Kazakhstan
University of Maryland
Durham University
Udayana University
University of Queensland
Université Clermont-Auvergne
University of Sheffield
Vanderbilt University
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto
University of Cordoba
University of Peshawar
Islamic Azad University
Universidad de Chile
National Distance Education University (UNED)
National Research University Higher School of Economics
NUCB Business School
University of Camerino
University of Bielefeld
University of Siena
International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan
New York University Shanghai
University of Amsterdam
King Saud University
California State University
Nagoya University
Leiden University
Utrecht University
University of Georgia
Lingnan University
University of Osnabrück

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