Preventive behaviors have played an essential role in coping with COVID-19 and may continue to exerting a crucial impact on pandemic control in the future. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of social-cognitive factors on maintenance of COVID-19 preventive behaviors based on a dual-process model, which encompasses a reasoned path via the intention to maintain and a social reaction path via the willingness to stop. We collected a probability sample of 472 community-dwelling adults. Social-cognitive factors, behavioral tendencies, and preventive behaviors of COVID-19 were measured. The results supported that the dual-process framework could account for individual differences in preventive behaviors. Self-efficacy and response cost significantly explained the intention to maintain preventive behaviors, while favorability of risk image and subjective norm significantly explained the willingness to stop preventive behaviors. Our findings proposed strategies for promoting individuals' maintenance of preventive behaviors during a pandemic. The development of prevention policies may focus on two paths: strengthening the intended path by enhancing self-efficacy and decreasing response cost of preventive behaviors and monitoring and improving social influences, such as risk prototype and subjective norm, which can reduce the willingness to stop preventive behaviors.

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维持意愿和停止意愿：应用双过程模型来理解 COVID-19 预防行为的维持


预防行为​​在应对 COVID-19 过程中发挥了重要作用，并可能继续对未来的大流行控制产生至关重要的影响。本研究旨在基于双过程模型评估社会认知因素对维持 COVID-19 预防行为的有效性，该模型包括通过维持意图的合理路径和通过停止意愿的社会反应路径。我们收集了 472 名社区居住成年人的概率样本。测量了 COVID-19 的社会认知因素、行为倾向和预防行为。结果表明，双过程框架可以解释预防行为的个体差异。自我效能感和应对成本显着解释了维持预防行为的意愿，而风险形象的好感度和主观规范显着解释了停止预防行为的意愿。我们的研究结果提出了促进个人在大流行期间维持预防行为的策略。预防政策的制定可以集中在两条路径上：通过增强预防行为的自我效能感和降低预防行为的响应成本来强化预期路径；监测和改善社会影响，如风险原型和主观规范，从而降低停止预防的意愿。行为。