Volume 56, Issue 4, April 2022
Editorial
Introduction to the special section: the importance of behavioral medicine in the COVID-19 pandemic response
Brief Report
What Strategy Is Better for Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination? A Comparison Between Gain-Framed, Loss-Framed, and Altruistic Messages
People who receive messages stressing the loss of not being vaccinated exhibit stronger willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine than those who receive information emphasizing the benefits of vaccination.
Regular Articles
Face Mask Use Conditionally Decreases Compliance With Physical Distancing Rules Against COVID-19: Gender Differences in Risk Compensation Pattern
People keep shorter interpersonal distances when the interaction partner wears a face mask; the tendency is stable for men but depends on time for women.
Psychosocial Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccination Intention Among White, Black, and Hispanic Adults in the US
In the United States, intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine varied across age and racial/ethnic groups, but attitudes toward getting vaccinated were an important predictor across all adults
Vaccination Against COVID-19: A Longitudinal Trans-Theoretical Study to Determine Factors that Predict Intentions and Behavior
Vaccination uptake (62% of the sample) was predicted by vaccination-related beliefs and feelings better than by disease-related beliefs or background and social factors.
The Interplay Between Strictness of Policies and Individuals’ Self-Regulatory Efforts: Associations with Handwashing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
When COVID-19 public policies across 14 countries were less strict, people reported higher self-regulatory abilities and, subsequently, higher adherence to a protective behavior, handwashing.
Adherence to Recommended Preventive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Empathy and Perceived Health Threat
Among those who felt less personally threatened by COVID-19, empathic responding early in the pandemic was associated with increased engagement in WHO-recommended health behaviors.
Naturally Occurring Consecutive Sleep Loss and Day-to-Day Trajectories of Affective and Physical Well-Being
Midlife adults who had consecutive nights of sleep loss in daily lives showed a degraded trajectory of daily well-being characterized as initial elevated response, deceleration, and re-acceleration.
Impact of Relationship and Communication Variables on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Advanced Cancer Caregivers
In advanced cancer spouse caregivers, feeling more like a spouse (vs. caregiver) and perceiving more patient self-disclosure were associated with increased caregiver ambulatory blood pressure
