Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley A. Duncan ◽  
Mark Schaller ◽  
Justin H. Park
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Vulnerability ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability To Disease ◽  
Disease Questionnaire

scholarly journals Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire: Psychometric Validation with a Portuguese Sample

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Ferreira ◽  
Ana C. Magalhães ◽  
Pedro Bem-Haja ◽  
Laura Alho ◽  
Carlos F. Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Disease Avoidance ◽  
Portuguese Population ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability ◽  
Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability To Disease ◽  
Disease Questionnaire

Abstract Background Individual differences in one’s perceived vulnerability to disease are implicated in psychological distress, social and behavioral disease avoidance phenomena. The Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire (PVD) is the most extensively used measure when it comes to assessing subjective vulnerability to infectious diseases. However, this measure is not yet accessible to the Portuguese population. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the PVD with 136 Portuguese participants. Methods Factorial, convergent and discriminant validity (of both the scale and between each factor), and reliability analysis were assessed. Results A modified bifactorial model, comprised of Perceived Infectability and Germ Aversion factors, was obtained, with acceptable goodness-of-fit indices, adequate convergent and discriminant validity, and good internal consistencies. Conclusions Overall, the 10-items European-Portuguese PVD appears to be a reliable and valid measure of one’s perceived vulnerability to disease, with potential relevance for application in both research and clinical practice pertaining to disease-avoidance processes.

scholarly journals Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Predicts Restrictive Policy Supports in Response to the 2019-nCoV Outbreak

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin X. Goh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability ◽  
Behavioral Avoidance ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability To Disease ◽  
Interpersonal Level ◽  
Disease Questionnaire ◽  
Restrictive Policy

Diseases threaten human survival. As such, humans engage in behavioral avoidance to prevent contact with potential carriers of pathogens, such as reduced sociability at the interpersonal level and endorsement of strict immigration policies at the intergroup level. This research examines chronic concerns about infectious diseases (using the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease questionnaire) and travel ban supports in response to the 2019-nCoV outbreak in January 2020. Two studies were conducted in the United States (Study 1; N = 241) and Singapore (Study 2; N = 138). For Americans who scored higher on the Perceived Infectability subscale, they were more likely to endorse travel bans on people coming from China and all of Asia. For Singaporeans who reported greater Germ Aversion, they were more supportive of travel bans on people from both China and their Malaysian neighbor. Saliency of the outbreak may account for differences in subscale predictors between Americans and Singaporeans.

scholarly journals A dataset for the perceived vulnerability to disease scale in Japan before the spread of COVID-19

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Yuki Yamada ◽  
Haoqin Xu ◽  
Kyoshiro Sasaki
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability To Disease ◽  
Psychological Studies

The COVID-19 outbreak is a worldwide medical and epidemiological catastrophe, and the number of psychological studies concerning COVID-19 is growing daily. Such studies need baseline data from before the COVID-19 outbreak for comparison, but such datasets have not yet been accumulated and shared. Here, we provide a dataset on the perceived vulnerability to disease scale for 1382 Japanese participants obtained through an online survey conducted in 2018 that will be useful for comparison with current or post-COVID-19 perceived vulnerability to disease data.

scholarly journals A Bayesian approach to reveal the key role of mask wearing in modulating projected interpersonal distance during the first COVID-19 outbreak

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0255598
Author(s):  
Matteo P. Lisi ◽  
Marina Scattolin ◽  
Martina Fusaro ◽  
Salvatore Maria Aglioti
Keyword(s):  
Situational Factors ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Interpersonal Distance ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability ◽  
Dispositional Factors ◽  
Perceived Vulnerability To Disease ◽  
Moral Attitudes

Humans typically create and maintain social bonds through interactions that occur at close social distances. The interpersonal distance of at least 1 m recommended as a relevant measure for COVID-19 contagion containment requires a significant change in everyday behavior. In a web-based experimental study conducted during the first pandemic wave (mid-April 2020), we asked 242 participants to regulate their preferred distance towards confederates who did or did not wear protective masks and gloves and whose COVID-19 test results were positive, negative, or unknown. Information concerning dispositional factors (perceived vulnerability to disease, moral attitudes, and prosocial tendencies) and situational factors (perceived severity of the situation in the country, frequency of physical and virtual social contacts, and attitudes toward quarantine) that may modulate compliance with safety prescriptions was also acquired. A Bayesian analysis approach was adopted. Individual differences did not modulate interpersonal distance. We found strong evidence in favor of a reduction of interpersonal distance towards individuals wearing protective equipment and who tested negative to COVID-19. Importantly, shorter interpersonal distances were maintained towards confederates wearing protective gear, even when their COVID-19 test result was unknown or positive. This protective equipment-related regulation of interpersonal distance may reflect an underestimation of perceived vulnerability to infection; this perception must be discouraged when pursuing individual and collective health-safety measures.

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