Identifying Factors That Predict Behavioral Intention to Stay under Lockdown during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Using a Structural Equation Model

Joaquin Alberto Padilla-Bautista and Gilberto Manuel Galindo-Aldana
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Joaquin Alberto Padilla-Bautista: Research Group of Mental Health, Profession and Society, Laboratory of Psychosocial Research, Guadalupe Victoria Engineering and Business Faculty, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexicali 21720, Mexico
Gilberto Manuel Galindo-Aldana: Research Group of Mental Health, Profession and Society, Laboratory of Neurosciences and Cognition, Guadalupe Victoria Engineering and Business Faculty, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexicali 21720, Mexico

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-11

Abstract: Lockdown is considered to be a successful strategy for preventing the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). To predict the behavioral intention to stay under lockdown (BIKL), components of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the behavioral indicators of infection were applied. Sampling was conducted between 11 April and 30 May 2020. The objective of the study was to identify factors predictive of BIKL by means of a structural equation model. Method: A correlational and comparative repeated measures study was conducted with a sample of 315 participants from different cities in Mexico. Results: Model indices were χ 2 = 505.1, SD = 228, p < 0.001, χ 2 / SD = 2.2, CFI = 0.91, RMSEA = 0.06, and SRMR = 0.06; 47% of BIKL was explained by the variables attitude ( β = 0.71, p < 0.001), subjective norm ( β = 0.14, p = 0.042), and behavioral control ( β = 0.24, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Personal and family work conviction and persuasion are favorable for the maintenance of lockdown, including concepts of civic responsibility, a positive attitude, and a family that supports compliance with lockdown. From a governmental point of view, there is a context that promotes control over the situation and exerts a positive impact on the behavioral intention to stay under lockdown.

Keywords: quarantine; lockdown; isolation; pandemic; attitude; social distancing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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