Residents' Protective Action of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia under the Lockdown Situation
Abstract
This study constructed an integrated structural equation model to study Chinese residents’ protective action against the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia under the lockdown situation. It was based on the Protective Action Decision Model (PADM) and 648 questionnaires were analyzed from 31 provinces (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) from 470 counties in China. The results showed that: (1) 4 factors (stakeholder perception, risk perception, protective action perception, and information systemic processing) had a significant impact on protective action and information systemic processing had the highest factor load. (2) Information systemic processing had a significant complete mediation effect on 3 relationships (information searching to stakeholder perception, risk perception, and protective action perception), and 3 factors (stakeholder perception, risk perception and protective action perception) had a significant part mediation effect on the relationship between information systemic processing and protective action. (3) Organizational reputation perception had a significant moderating effect on 4 relationships (stakeholder perception, risk perception, protective action perception, and information systemic processing) to protective action. (4) The Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (NCP) had significantly different protective actions for different regions, controls, education levels, and ethnic groups. This study expands knowledge on the NCP crisis, uses residents as the main body of action, and provides a theoretical basis and decision-making reference for effective prevention and control of the epidemic.