RAPID: Psychological distance and risk perception related to the 2022 monkeypox outbreak

RAPID：与 2022 年猴痘疫情相关的心理距离和风险感知

• 批准号: 2241463
• 负责人: Janet Yang
• 金额: $ 19.81万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-11-01 至 2023-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2241463&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Psychological; distance; risk; perception

This project assesses public risk perceptions of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak. By late summer 2022 there were over 13,000 monkeypox cases in the U.S., and the White House declared this outbreak a public health emergency on August 4, 2022. Limiting spread would seem to require a comprehensive, international vaccination strategy targeting high-risk groups. There is still much unknown, however, about this outbreak. This research examines unique attributes of the monkeypox outbreak that shape public risk perceptions. Further, this project examines the extent to which risk perceptions influence Americans’ intention to engage in preventive behaviors and support public health response measures. These research questions warrant attention now because they will provide important insights for health and risk communication that can potentially shape the progression of this outbreak.The goals of the proposed research are: 1) integrate the psychometric paradigm, secondary risk theory, and construal level theory to evaluate whether uncertainty is key to secondary risk appraisal; 2) evaluate the relationship between psychological distance, mental construal, risk perceptions, discrete emotions, and risk mitigation decisions; 3) identify unique attributes of the monkeypox outbreak that influence the public’s support for response measures and intention to engage in preventive behaviors. These objectives will be achieved through a large-scale survey (N = 1,000) based on a nationally representative sample. Results can be generalizable to the entire U.S. population. As media coverage is shaping public risk, and members of the public are negotiating their internal and external uncertainty related to the outbreak, it is crucial to conduct this research immediately because it is not too late for high-risk groups to make decisions about preventive behaviors. Identifying unique attributes of the monkeypox outbreak that may motivate people to engage in preventive behaviors will offer crucial insights for risk communication messaging.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目评估了公共风险观念，对2022年的蒙基托斯爆发。到2022年夏末，美国已有13,000个蒙基托克斯案件，白宫宣布这次爆发于2022年8月4日发生公共卫生紧急情况。限制差异似乎需要针对高风险群体的全面，国际疫苗接种策略。然而，关于这次爆发仍然有很多未知的事。这项研究考试构成了公众风险感知的蒙基蛋白酶爆发的独特属性。此外，该项目检查风险感知在多大程度上影响美国人参与预防行为并支持公共卫生反应措施的意图。这些研究问题现在值得关注，因为它们将为健康和风险沟通提供重要的见解，这些见解可能会影响这一爆发的进展。拟议的研究的目标是：1）3）确定蒙基型爆发的独特属性，影响公众对响应措施的支持和对预防性行为的意图。这些目标将通过基于全国代表性的样本进行大规模调查（n = 1,000）来实现。结果可以推广到整个美国人口。由于媒体报道正在塑造公众风险，公众正在谈判与爆发有关的内部和外部不确定性，因此立即进行这项研究至关重要，因为高风险团体对于预防行为做出决定还不算太晚。确定可能促使人们促使人们进行预防行为的独特属性，将为风险交流消息传递提供关键见解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来获得的支持。