Adherence to Recommended Preventive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Empathy and Perceived Health Threat

CONCLUSIONS: When perceived threat of COVID-19 was low, higher empathic responding was associated with increased engagement in preventive behaviors regardless of trait empathy, suggesting that empathic responding can serve as an actionable target for intervention to promote preventive behavior during the pandemic.PMID:34964460 | DOI:10.1093/abm/kaab107
Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Source Type: research