The effects of providing data about social distancing on the motivation, opinion, and trend of social distancing of Thai people during COVID-19 pandemic
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Background: The behaviors of social distancing are helpful to decrease the spread of COVID-19. Providing information about social distancing that motivates people would encourage them to continuously practice social-distancing behaviors.
Objectives: This research aimed to compare two type of data provided about social distancing on motivation, opinion, and the trend of social distancing among Thai people during COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This was a quasi-experimental research study. Data were collected from three groups with a total 225 samples, including the group receiving data with autonomous motivation, the group receiving data with controlled motivation, and the neutral group. The participants rated the online questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, and post hoc test.
Results: The participants ranged age from 18 to 80 years old (M=38.08, SD=15.24). The percental of females was 86.67 % and 61.78% had an education level of bachelor degree or higher. For comparison, the opinion of providing data about social distancing as a choice and the number of weeks to practice social distancing behaviors was significantly different among three groups at the .01 level. Comparing between groups, the group receiving data with autonomous motivation had significantly higher number of weeks to practice social-distancing behaviors than both the group of receiving data with controlled motivation and the neutral group at the .01 level.
Conclusions: Providing data to support autonomous motivation would help people increase the practice of social distancing in the future, and providing data as a choice is meaningful to encourage individuals to perform social distancing behavioron their own.
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