Linking Cultural Tightness, Components of Norm Activation and COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors among University Students: Evidence from Beijing, China

Yang Zou, Xianwei Liu (), Miaomiao Yu and Yichu Deng
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Yang Zou: College of Business Administration, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100070, China
Xianwei Liu: School of Public Administration, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
Miaomiao Yu: Institute of Education Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Yichu Deng: College of Holistic Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has imposed greater challenges and more stringent requirements on higher education institutions (HEIs). However, limited empirical research has been devoted to identifying external and internal factors that may promote individual preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic within the higher education context. This study proposed and examined an extended norm activation model (NAM) concerning the relationships among cultural tightness, original NAM components, and COVID-19 preventive behaviors. An online survey was conducted with a sample of 3693 university students from 18 universities in Beijing, China. The results showed that cultural tightness was positively associated with respondents’ COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Three original NAM variables, namely, awareness of consequences, the ascription of responsibility, and personal norms, played a chain mediating role in the relationship between cultural tightness and COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Theoretical and practical implications regarding the findings of this study and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Keywords: cultural tightness; COVID-19 preventive behaviors; norm activation model; university students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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