Background

Community attachments are thought to promote adolescents’ engagement in public health behaviors. To date, past research has exclusively examined the social benefits of community attachments among adolescents in the United States and less is known about these benefits among youth in low-income adolescent-dense countries such as Pakistan.

Objective

The present study examined associations between Pakistani adolescents’ community attachments and COVID-19 public health behaviors, including social distancing, disinfecting, hoarding, news monitoring.

Method

Adolescents living in Pakistan (N = 1,110; 13–18 years; M = 16.70) reported on their COVID-19 public health behavior (social distancing, disinfecting behaviors, hoarding behaviors, news monitoring) and community attachments (social responsibility values, social trust, self-interest values).

Results

Greater social responsibility values were associated with greater social distancing (B = .09, p = .009) and disinfecting behavior (B = .39, p < .001). Greater social trust was significantly associated with greater disinfecting (B = .09, p < .001) and greater hoarding behaviors (B = .07, p = .001) and greater self-interest values were associated with lower social distancing (B = -.06, p = .010), greater disinfecting (B = .15, p < .001), and greater hoarding behaviors (B = .11, p = .001).

Conclusion

Results from this study demonstrate that community attachments may play an important role in guiding adolescents’ public health behavior in Pakistan. These findings extend past research and contribute to an inclusive and culturally sensitive model of the benefits of adolescents’ community attachments for public heatlh.

中文翻译：

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社区依恋与巴基斯坦青少年的 COVID-19 公共卫生行为有关

背景

社区依恋被认为可以促进青少年参与公共卫生行为。迄今为止，过去的研究专门研究了美国青少年社区依恋的社会效益，而对巴基斯坦等低收入青少年密集国家的青少年的这些好处知之甚少。

客观的

本研究检查了巴基斯坦青少年的社区依恋与 COVID-19 公共卫生行为之间的关联，包括社交距离、消毒、囤积、新闻监测。

方法

生活在巴基斯坦的青少年（N = 1,110；13-18 岁；M = 16.70）报告了他们的 COVID-19 公共卫生行为（社交距离、消毒行为、囤积行为、新闻监控）和社区依恋（社会责任价值观、社会信任，自利价值观）。

结果

更大的社会责任价值观与更大的社会距离 ( B  = .09, p  = .009) 和消毒行为 ( B  = .39, p  < .001) 相关。更大的社会信任与更强的消毒 ( B  = .09, p  < .001) 和更大的囤积行为 ( B  = .07, p  = .001) 显着相关，更大的自利价值与更低的社会距离 ( B  = -.06, p  = .010)、更大的消毒 ( B  = .15, p  < .001) 和更大的囤积行为 ( B  = .11, p = .001)。

结论

这项研究的结果表明，社区依恋可能在指导巴基斯坦青少年的公共卫生行为方面发挥重要作用。这些发现扩展了过去的研究，并有助于建立一个具有包容性和文化敏感性的模型，以了解青少年社区依恋对公共健康的益处。