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EMBODIMENT PERSPECTIVE ON PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY: THE IMPACT OF INCIDENTAL WEIGHT SENSATIONS ON THREAT-APPRAISAL, COPING-APPRAISAL, AND PROTECTION MOTIVATION

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Kaspar K.

Studia Psychologica

2015

vol. 57

issue 4

301 – 314

This study shows how the cognitive components of the protection motivation theory (PMT) are affected by embodied information in the context of skin cancer prevention. Weight sensations were manipulated by writing on a light versus heavy clipboard. Heaviness increased the mean self-efficacy of 120 participants and their coping-appraisal but decreased the perceived rewards of maladaptive behaviour. In contrast, weight neither affected the perceived severity of maladaptive behaviour nor the importance of tanned skin. Thus, the results are only partially compatible with the metaphor-oriented approach of embodied cognition. Moreover, while a sensed heaviness increased this correlation, increased coping-appraisal, but not threat-appraisal, increased participants’ reported protection motivation. The results suggest enlarging the spectrum of environmental inputs affecting the cognitive parameters of the PMT. The results also raise the question of the validity of self-reports in a pencil-and-paper administration mode and they may indicate the utility of bodily sensations in therapeutic settings.

CONSPIRACY BELIEFS ABOUT GROUPS BENEFITTING FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MODERATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEAR OF COVID-19 AND SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES

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Nowakowska I., Zarazińska A.

Studia Psychologica

2023

vol. 65

issue 2

178-195

Drawing on the protective motivation theory and parallel response model, in this cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study (N = 212) carried out on a sample of the general public (age 18-65), we aimed to test the potential interaction effects of fear of COVID-19 and conspiracy beliefs about groups benefitting from the COVID-19 pandemic in predicting subjective assessment of the efficacy of three COVID-19 preventive measures. The results have shown that fear of COVID-19 was positively related to a positive assessment of the efficacy of frequent disinfection of hands and surfaces, but only in people who had COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs on an average or high level. However, on all levels of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, fear of COVID-19 related positively to a positive assessment of mask wearing and social distancing efficacy, however, to a different extent. We discuss the results in light of the protective motivation theory and the affiliation function of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and conforming to the prevention guidelines.

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EMBODIMENT PERSPECTIVE ON PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY: THE IMPACT OF INCIDENTAL WEIGHT SENSATIONS ON THREAT-APPRAISAL, COPING-APPRAISAL, AND PROTECTION MOTIVATION

CONSPIRACY BELIEFS ABOUT GROUPS BENEFITTING FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MODERATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEAR OF COVID-19 AND SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES