Theelen, K (2022) Hygienic Behavior and (Non)Compliance during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Most of the rules put forth by the government as a response to the coronavirus target the behavior of people. Yet, during the coronavirus pandemic, few behavioral researchers have studied human behavior directly. Therefore, this study examined human behavior regarding virus transmission inside a local hospital in an explorative manner. The aim of this research was to develop an ethogram and a coding-scheme that allows researchers to reliably code and observe human behavior in natural situations. The data was explored in a qualitative and quantitative manner. In addition, logistic regressions were run to see if variables from the coding-scheme had predictive power on whether someone would violate social distance. We found that the more densely populated an area was the more likely someone was to violate social distance. This was also the case for attentiveness, and age, where less attentiveness and older age showed greater likelihood of being a predictor in social distance violation. The positive relationship between age and social distance violation was surprising and should be investigated by future research. The main finding of this research is that many people do not adhere to the rules. Some seem to try their best to adhere, but many do not. Certain conditions, such as high density, require an adaptive approach and the bending of rules.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Postmes, T.T. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2022 09:36 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Apr 2022 09:36 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/374 |
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