During the last year, governments around the world used statistics data to keep people informed about Covid-19, to stress the importance of managing this disease and to encourage to adopt preventive behaviors. In this study, we investigated a mechanism underlying intentional nonprecautionary behaviors during the COVID-19 lockdown. We hypothesized that the comprehension of COVID-19 risk statistics information had a central role in mediating the relationship between probabilistic reasoning ability and perceived statistics value (the antecedents) and the intention to act non-precautionary behaviors. Participants were 141 university students enrolled in an online study. Results revealed that probabilistic reasoning ability and perception of statistics value had a role in reducing the likelihood of engaging in transgressive behaviors through their impact on the ability to adequately reason with statistics data referred to the COVID-19 epidemic.

The role of probabilistic reasoning in risk perception and intentional behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic / Caterina Primi, Francesco Sanson, Carola Beccari, Maria Anna Donati. - ELETTRONICO. - (2022), pp. 1-10. (Intervento presentato al convegno Twelfth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education CERME12)).

The role of probabilistic reasoning in risk perception and intentional behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Caterina Primi;Francesco Sanson;Carola Beccari;Maria Anna Donati
2022

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During the last year, governments around the world used statistics data to keep people informed about Covid-19, to stress the importance of managing this disease and to encourage to adopt preventive behaviors. In this study, we investigated a mechanism underlying intentional nonprecautionary behaviors during the COVID-19 lockdown. We hypothesized that the comprehension of COVID-19 risk statistics information had a central role in mediating the relationship between probabilistic reasoning ability and perceived statistics value (the antecedents) and the intention to act non-precautionary behaviors. Participants were 141 university students enrolled in an online study. Results revealed that probabilistic reasoning ability and perception of statistics value had a role in reducing the likelihood of engaging in transgressive behaviors through their impact on the ability to adequately reason with statistics data referred to the COVID-19 epidemic.
2022
Twelfth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education CERME12
Twelfth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education CERME12)
Caterina Primi, Francesco Sanson, Carola Beccari, Maria Anna Donati
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