| Abstract [eng] |
In order to ensure the effectiveness of quarantine recommendations, it is important to examine what factors influence this. Research about determinants of compliance to recommendations can make a significant contribution to reducing the adverse health effects of a pandemic. Aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between exposure to COVID-19, values and compliance to recommendations among young adults during quarantine. The participants were 207 young adults, 164 women (79,2%) and 43 men (20,8%) aged 18 to 51 years (M=23,39; SD=4,611). Human Values Scale and questionnaire developed by the author were used in this study. Conducted regression analysis showed that security values helps predict compliance with hand hygiene recommendations; stimulation, tradition and security values predict compliance with personal hygiene recommendations; self-direction and stimulation values predict more frequent non-compliance with social distancing recommendations, while security values predict less non-compliance with these recommendations; no prognostic effect of the values on compliance with social hygiene recommendations was observed in this study. Another important aspect is the observed effect of exposure to disease on the relationship between compliance to recommendations and values: when direct exposure to COVID-19 is observed, person with higher level of self-direction values also reported more frequent compliance with hand hygiene and personal hygiene recommendations. |
