Critical to limiting the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and future pandemics is compliance with behavioral recommendations such as mask wearing and social distancing. Compliance may depend upon understanding the seriousness of the health consequences and the likelihood they will occur. However, the statistics that speak to these issues in an ongoing pandemic are complex and may be misunderstood. An online experiment with a U.S. sample tested the impact on perceived likelihood, trust, concern, behavioral intentions, and agreement with government response of numeric (mortality/infection percentage by age group) and gist expressions (which age group was smaller [mortality] or roughly equivalent [infected]). While the differences in risk perception and willingness to engage in activities between younger and older participants were small, "gist infection and mortality" increased willingness to wear a mask among younger participants. Government restrictions (e.g., social distancing) impacted willingness to engage is risk-reduction and risk-seeking activities. The biggest differences were due to political ideology. Although conservatives perceived similar levels of risk as did liberals, they were much less willing to engage in protective behaviors and support government policies. However, conservatives were affected by some risk communication formats and restrictions suggesting that future work should be aimed at this issue. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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COVID-19：风险感知、风险沟通和行为意图。

限制 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 和未来大流行的传播的关键是遵守行为建议，例如戴口罩和保持社交距离。合规性可能取决于对健康后果的严重性及其发生的可能性的理解。然而，在持续的大流行中说明这些问题的统计数据很复杂，可能会被误解。一项针对美国样本的在线实验测试了数字（按年龄组划分的死亡率/感染百分比）和要点表达（哪个年龄组较小 [死亡率] 或大致相当于[感染]）。虽然年轻和年长参与者在风险认知和参与活动意愿方面的差异很小，“要点感染和死亡率”增加了年轻参与者戴口罩的意愿。政府限制（例如，社会距离）影响参与意愿是降低风险和寻求风险的活动。最大的差异是由于政治意识形态。尽管保守派认为风险水平与自由派相似，但他们不太愿意采取保护性行为和支持政府政策。然而，保守派受到一些风险沟通格式和限制的影响，这表明未来的工作应该针对这个问题。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。社交距离）影响的参与意愿是降低风险和寻求风险的活动。最大的差异是由于政治意识形态。尽管保守派认为风险水平与自由派相似，但他们不太愿意采取保护性行为和支持政府政策。然而，保守派受到一些风险沟通格式和限制的影响，这表明未来的工作应该针对这个问题。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。社交距离）影响的参与意愿是降低风险和寻求风险的活动。最大的差异是由于政治意识形态。尽管保守派认为风险水平与自由派相似，但他们不太愿意采取保护性行为和支持政府政策。然而，保守派受到一些风险沟通格式和限制的影响，这表明未来的工作应该针对这个问题。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。保守派受到一些风险沟通格式和限制的影响，这表明未来的工作应该针对这个问题。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。保守派受到一些风险沟通格式和限制的影响，这表明未来的工作应该针对这个问题。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。