Titel
Development and validation of the pandemic fatigue scale
Autor*in
Lau Lilleholt
Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen
Autor*in
Ingo Zettler
Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen
Autor*in
Cornelia Betsch
Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour, University of Erfurt
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Abstract
The existence and nature of pandemic fatigue–defined as a gradually emerging subjective state of weariness and exhaustion from, and a general demotivation towards, following recommended health-protective behaviors, including keeping oneself informed during a pandemic–has been debated. Herein, we introduce the Pandemic Fatigue Scale and show how pandemic fatigue evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic, using data from one panel survey and two repeated cross-sectional surveys in Denmark and Germany (overall N = 34,582). We map the correlates of pandemic fatigue and show that pandemic fatigue is negatively related to people’s self-reported adherence to recommended health-protective behaviors. Manipulating the (de)motivational aspect of pandemic fatigue in a preregistered online experiment (N = 1584), we further show that pandemic fatigue negatively affects people’s intention to adhere to recommended health-protective behaviors. Combined, these findings provide evidence not only for the existence of pandemic fatigue, but also its psychological and behavioral associations.
Stichwort
Human behaviourInfectious diseases
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Erschienen in
Titel
Nature Communications
Band
14
ISSN
2041-1723
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Publication
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
© The Author(s) 2023

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