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@ARTICLE{Reinhardt:186393,
      author       = {A. Reinhardt and W. Weber$^*$ and C. Rossmann},
      title        = {{D}rivers of young adults' voluntary compliance with
                      {COVID}-19 protective measures: results from a multi-method
                      study.},
      journal      = {BMC public health},
      volume       = {22},
      number       = {1},
      issn         = {1471-2458},
      address      = {London},
      publisher    = {BioMed Central},
      reportid     = {DKFZ-2022-03160},
      pages        = {2401},
      year         = {2022},
      abstract     = {With the easing of governmental COVID-19 restrictions,
                      promoting voluntary public compliance with protective
                      measures becomes essential for the pandemic evolution. A
                      highly relevant target group for such health promotion are
                      adolescents and young adults since they showed a strong
                      decline in compliance throughout the pandemic. Building on
                      an extended version of the Theory of Planned Behavior, this
                      article investigates drivers of young people's intentions to
                      engage in voluntary COVID-19 measures in phases of
                      re-opening.We conducted a sequential multi-method study
                      among 14- to 29-year-olds in Germany: (1) a
                      semi-standardized online survey (N = 88) to examine
                      underlying beliefs and (2) a standardized online survey (N =
                      979) to identify influencing factors of compliance. The
                      pre-study addressed the respondents' perceptions about
                      wearing a mask, social distancing, and avoiding crowded
                      locations (open-ended questions). Responses for all
                      protective measures were aggregated to identify general
                      behavioral, normative, and control beliefs about COVID-19
                      protective measures. In order to gain generalizable insights
                      into the factors determining voluntary compliance intentions
                      in younger adults, we conceptualized the model constructs in
                      the subsequent standardized online survey as formative
                      measures based on their underlying beliefs. PLS-SEM was used
                      to examine the effects of attitudes, subjective norms,
                      perceived behavioral control, risk perceptions, and
                      knowledge on young people's intentions to comply (main
                      study). Furthermore, a multi-group analysis was conducted to
                      investigate differences between compliers and
                      non-compliers.The pre-study revealed that young people's
                      instrumental attitudes not only cover reasons of protection
                      but also aspects of self-presentation (e.g., being a role
                      model). The main study showed that besides knowledge and
                      perceived severity of illness, instrumental attitude is the
                      strongest predictor of intention to comply. The influence is
                      even stronger in the group of non-compliers.This article
                      highlights the importance of theory-based campaign planning
                      and provides practical guidance to health communicators on
                      how to increase voluntary compliance with COVID-19
                      protective measures in adolescents and young adults. The
                      findings demonstrate the great potential of combining the
                      Theory of Planned Behavior with risk perception and
                      knowledge to gain deeper insights into the feelings and
                      thoughts of younger target groups during a health crisis.},
      keywords     = {Adolescents (Other) / COVID-19 (Other) / Theory of planned
                      behavior (Other)},
      cin          = {M100},
      ddc          = {610},
      cid          = {I:(DE-He78)M100-20160331},
      pnm          = {316 - Infektionen, Entzündung und Krebs (POF4-316)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-316},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:36544123},
      doi          = {10.1186/s12889-022-14752-y},
      url          = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/186393},
}