The Moderating Effect of COVID-19 Risk Perception on the Relationship Between Empathy and COVID-19 Volunteer Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jiangsu, China

Frontiers in Public Health

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Yeyang Zhu¹  Jie Zhuang¹  Baohua Liu³  Huan Liu⁴  Jiaojiao Ren⁵  Miaomiao Zhao¹ 

[1] Department of Health Management, School of Public Health, Nantong University;Department of Law, School of Economics and Management, Nantong University;School of Health Services and Management, Ningbo College of Health Sciences;Department of Social Medicine, Health Management College, Harbin Medical University;Department of Preventive Medicine, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University

关键词: empathy;    COVID-19 risk perception;    COVID-19 volunteer behavior;    public health emergencies;    moderating analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2022.863613

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The health system has encountered great challenges since the COVID-19 outbreak, volunteers are urgently needed in every situation during this crisis. The current study aimed to explore the relationship between empathy and COVID-19 volunteer behavior, along with the moderating role of COVID-19 risk perception in the above relationship. The cross-sectional survey was conducted online using Wenjuanxing from February 12th to March 16th, 2021, in Jiangsu, China. A total of 1,486 participants completed the Toronto Empathy COVID-19 volunteer behavior and COVID-19 risk perception questionnaires. The SPSS PROCESS macro was yielded to examine the moderating effect. Simple slopes analysis was conducted to detect the associations between empathy and COVID-19 volunteer behavior at three levels of the COVID-19 risk perception. The Johnson-Neyman (J-N) technique was used to calculate where the moderating effect is significance. Results showed that empathy was positively related with COVID-19 volunteer behavior (β= 0.080, p 10.71. Current findings could enlighten researchers and policy makers, that fostering volunteerism among public during crisis situation through arousing more empathy and reducing unnecessary risk perception of the public.

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