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.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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